# 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

**Authority:** Health Occupations Article, §§11-205 and 11-208, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: June 4, 1984 (11:11 Md. R. 962)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 repealed and new Regulation .03 adopted effective November 7, 1994 (21:22 Md. R. 1876)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04 amended effective November 7, 1994 (21:22 Md. R. 1876)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .05 repealed and new Regulation .05 adopted effective November 7, 1994 (21:22 Md. R. 1876)

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 10.28.06.01*

These regulations establish criteria the Board considers necessary to perform a minimum optometric examination, maintain certain records, and have on hand certain instrumentation and equipment required to carry out procedures for the minimum examination.

#### 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.

#### Regulation .03 Examination.

*COMAR 10.28.06.03*

A licensee shall perform all necessary tests, evaluations, and observations in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §11-208(a), Annotated Code of Maryland, to ensure appropriate optometric management of the patient's ocular, systemic, visual, and psychosocial conditions.

#### Regulation .04 Records.

*COMAR 10.28.06.04*

A licensed optometrist shall maintain thorough records of all testing procedures, results, and case dispositions in accordance with Health-General Article, §4-403, Annotated Code of Maryland. The optometrist shall record all tests, evaluations, and observations performed, along with assessment and plan.

#### Regulation .05 Equipment.

*COMAR 10.28.06.05*

A licensed optometrist shall have on hand all necessary equipment in good working condition to perform the procedures as required in Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter.