PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 521

(4) A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM OR AMBULATORY SURGICAL
CENTER IF NECESSARY.

(B) IF, WHILE PROVIDING OPTOMETRIC SERVICES TO A PATIENT, A
THERAPEUTICALLY CERTIFIED OPTOMETRIST DIAGNOSES AN ACTIVE EYE
PATHOLOGY THAT THE OPTOMETRIST IS NOT CERTIFIED TO TREAT UNDER § 11-404.2
OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE OPTOMETRIST SHALL REFER THE PATIENT TO:

(1) AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST;

(2)     THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN;

(3)     A PHYSICIAN IF REQUIRED UNDER A MANAGED CARE CONTRACT;
OR

(4)     A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM IF NECESSARY.
11-403.

(a)     A licensed optometrist may:

(1)     Use the title "optometrist"; [and]

(2)     If the optometrist holds the degree of doctor of optics or doctor of
optometry from a college or university authorized to give the degree, use the title
"Doctor" or the abbreviations "Dr." or "O.D." with the optometrist's name[.]; AND

(3)     IF THE OPTOMETRIST IS CERTIFIED UNDER § 11-404 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, USE THE TITLE "DIAGNOSTICALLY CERTIFIED OPTOMETRIST"; AND

(3) (4) IF THE OPTOMETRIST IS CERTIFIED UNDER § 11-404.1 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, USE THE TITLE "THERAPEUTICALLY CERTIFIED OPTOMETRIST".

(b)     Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensed optometrist may not
attach to the optometrist's name or use as a title:

(1)     The words or abbreviations "Doctor", "Dr.", "M.D.", "physician", or
"surgeon", or any other word or abbreviation that suggests that the optometrist practices
medicine; or

(2)     Any word or abbreviation that suggests that the optometrist treats
diseases or injuries of the human eye, including the words "eye specialist", "eyesight
specialist", "oculist", or "ophthalmologist".

11-404.

(a)     Unless certified under this section, a licensed optometrist may not administer
a topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agent to a patient.

(b)     The Board shall certify a licensed optometrist as qualified to administer
topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents if the licensed optometrist submits to the
Board evidence satisfactory to the Board that the licensed optometrist:

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