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<chapter num="10" heading="Optometrist Accountability" title_num="10" subtitle_num="28">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>These regulations govern all optometrists licensed to practice in Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Practitioner Identification.">
    <text>Licensed practicing optometrists shall, in an appropriate manner, ensure that the patient knows the identity of the provider of optometric care by providing that:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The names of the optometrists providing services are conspicuously posted in the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The name of the licensed optometrist, or some other method of identifying the optometrist providing the optometric services, appears on any record required by law or regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Treatment records are maintained and clearly identify the licensed optometrist who recommends, instructs, or prescribes vision care for the patient.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §§11-205(a) and 11-311, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 7, 1987 (14:18 Md. R. 1967)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B amended effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>