Louisiana Board of Optometry Law Exam

Optometrists can prescribe - ANSWER Schedules III, IV, V Optometrists cannot prescribe - ANSWER Schedules I, II "Ophthalmic Surgery" - ANSWER procedure upon human eye (in vivo) where tissue is Injected, Cut, burned, frozen, sutured, vaporized, coagulated, photodisrupted, by use of scalpel, cryoprobe, laser, electric cautery, ionizing radiation, lacrimal dilation, lacrimal irrigation, ultrasound, injections. Nothing shall limit OD's ability to use diagnostic or therapeutic instruments utilizing laser or ultrasound tech in the performance of Primary Eyecare nor limit performance of surgery other than specific excluded (allowable only by LA MD's) Laser performed by Optometrists - ANSWER YAG capsulotomy, Laser PI, Laser trabeculoplasty MD's only surgical procedures - ANSWER Anything requiring general anesthesia, retina, retrobulbar, vitreous, anterior seg refractive procedures (LASIK, LASEK, PRK, PK, PTK), implants, blepharoplasty, pterygia, enucleation. Anything requiring sutures. Biopsies of malignancies. Full thickness incision or excision of the cornea or sclera, iris diathermy or cryotherapy, EOMs,