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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 463
OPTOMETRY
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F.S. 463.005
463.005 Authority of the board.
(1) The Board of Optometry has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter conferring duties upon it. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, rules relating to:
(a) Standards of practice, including, but not limited to, those provided for in s. 463.0135.
(b) Minimum equipment which a licensed practitioner shall at all times possess to engage in the practice of optometry.
(c) Minimum procedures which shall constitute a visual examination.
(d) Procedures for the safekeeping and transfer of prescription files or case records upon the discontinuance of practice.
(e) Supervision of supportive personnel.
(f) Courses and procedures for continuing education.
(g) Administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents.
(2) The board is authorized to disseminate information, the sole purpose of which is to inform licensed practitioners and the public of regulations regarding the practice of optometry.
History.ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-194; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 20, 21, ch. 86-289; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 124, ch. 98-200; s. 2, ch. 2013-26.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 463.005
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 463.005.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

COLE VISION CORPORATION v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF OPTOMETRY,, 688 So. 2d 404 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . See e.g., § 463.005(l)(d), (e), Fla. Stat. (1993); § 463.009, Fla. Stat. (1993); § 463.011, Fla. . . .

FLORIDA SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY J. M. D. C. M. D. H. M. D. v. STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY, 532 So. 2d 1279 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . , pursuant to its statutory authority to administer chapter 463 and enact rules for that purpose, § 463.005 . . . optometry and is authorized to make rules relating to standards of practice for optometrists. §§ 463.003, 463.005 . . .

BOARD OF OPTOMETRY, DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, A. O. D. D. O. D. v. FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. J. M. D., 463 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . By virtue of section 463.005, Florida Statutes (1983), the Board of Optometry ... is authorized to make . . . 463.002, which defines “optometry,” is a permissible one, logically flowing from its duty under section 463.005 . . . We are of the opinion that the Board’s interpretation of sections 463.-002(4) and 463.005 to authorize . . . adopt rules consistent with Chapter 463 and for the purpose of carrying out the terms of the statute. § 463.005 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION v. J. HALL, Jr. A. T., 398 So. 2d 978 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Section 463.005, Fla. Stat. (1979). . . .