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OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 327
OPTOMETRY

Regulations and Penalties

Section 327:31

    327:31 Rulemaking Authority. –
The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
I. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by RSA 327:6 and RSA 327:6-a;
II. How an applicant shall be examined including:
(a) Time and place of examination, and
(b) Passing grade;
III. How a license to practice optometry shall be renewed or reinstated;
IV. Ethical and professional standards, in addition to those specified by RSA 327:20, required to be met by each holder of a license to practice optometry and how disciplinary actions by the board shall be implemented pursuant to RSA 327:21, RSA 327:22, and RSA 327:27 for violations of these standards;
V. Requirements for continuing education in addition to those requirements set by RSA 327:33 and RSA 327:33-a;
VI. Additions or alterations to the defined pharmaceutical agents for diagnostic purposes as set forth in RSA 327:1, III;
VII. Procedural and substantive requirements for assessing, compromising, and collecting administrative fines as authorized by RSA 327:20, III(e); and
VIII. Prescribing controlled drugs pursuant to RSA 318-B:41.

Source. 1939, 213:1. RL 253:31. RSA 327:31. 1981, 355:10. 1985, 245:35. 1999, 197:18. 2014, 167:36. 2016, 213:5, eff. June 7, 2016. 2021, 197:100, eff. July 1, 2021.