# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 28 — Board of Examiners in Optometry

### Chapter 06 — Examination of Patients by Optometrists, Maintenance of Records, and Keeping of Certain Instrumentation and Equipment

#### Regulation .02 Patient History.

*COMAR 10.28.06.02*

An optometrist shall review the patient's history and shall create a written, oral, or electronic record of the following:

A. Previous vision examinations, prescriptions, treatment programs;

B. Patient's general health history including ocular health, familial involvements, current medications, and allergy history;

C. Patient's primary complaint, symptoms, or other reason for consulting the practitioner;

D. Other information bearing on visual tasks to be performed.