CALIFORNIA OPTOMETRY LAW TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A practioner shall disclose his/her name and liscense status on a name tag and
communicate: - ✔✔name, license type, academic degree in writing, or prominently
display license
✔✔excessive prescription or excessive administration of drops or treatment or
diagnostic procedures as determined by standards of care is unprofessional conduct.
Punishment is: - ✔✔punishable fine of $100-$600, imprisonment of 60 to 180 days, or
both
✔✔unprofessional conduct: - ✔✔1) excessive prescription or excessive administration
of drops or treatment or diagnostic procedures
2) any act of sexual abuse, misconduct or relations with pt, client or customer, other
than a spouse, is an unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary actions
3) any health care licentiate who engages in or aids or abets substance abuse in his/her
workplace shall be guilty of unprofessional conduct
4) required to dispense drugs and devices legally RX for pt unless would cause harmful
interaction or adversely affect pt medical condition, drug or device not in stock, based
off of ethical, moral, or religious grounds only if employer made arrangements to give pt
timely access to prescribed drug or device
✔✔The central file of compliant is purged if the board has failed to act on the
compliant/report within how many years - ✔✔5 years
✔✔every insurance and every liscensed person must report within how many days to
the board every settlement or arbitatrion award over $3000 claim or action for damages
for death or personal injury - ✔✔30 days
✔✔exempt from licensure: - ✔✔1) during declared state of emergencies
2) if participates in a sponsored program for the uninsured or underinsured, of short
duration not exceeding 10 days, and services are free of charge to pt
✔✔OD can serve as CLIA director and may be able to perform only clinical lab tests
authorized in section 3041. What is CLIA? - ✔✔Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments
✔✔Optometrists can employ ophthalmologists: True or false - ✔✔True
✔✔spec lens Rx consists of: - ✔✔pt name, dioptric power of lens, issue and expiration
date, and name, address, license number and signature of practitioner
✔✔expiration date for spec lenses:
, exception is? - ✔✔shall not be less than 2-4 yrs from date of issuance . violation is
unprofessional conduct.
exception: presence of visual abnormalities related to ocular or systemic disease, there
is reasonable probability of change earlier than 2 yrs.
✔✔expiration for CL lenses - ✔✔should not be less than 1 yr and not more than 2 yrs
from date of issuance - if not it is unprofessional conduct
✔✔CL RX includes: - ✔✔name of manufacturer, trade name of private label brand, and
if applicable trade name of equivalent national brand
✔✔can charge for standard lenses required for fitting: True or false - ✔✔false
✔✔A fee verifying ophthalmic good obtained elsewhere if permissible if charged at time
of verification: true or false - ✔✔true
✔✔cannot waive liability for the product dispensed by others: true or false - ✔✔false,
not responsible for actual product but liable for determining accuracy of product
✔✔any violation of ANSI standards counts as: - ✔✔misdemeanor
✔✔considered deceptive marketing to sell plano contact lenses without valid Rx: true or
false - ✔✔true
✔✔assistant under following of optometrist, or surgeon can do following: - ✔✔a.
prepare pts for examination
b. preform non invasive testing of VA, pupils, and ocular motility
c. perform VF
d. perform ophthalmic photography and digital imaging
e. perform tono
f. perform lenso
g. perform non subj refraction with auto
h. administer cycloplegics
i: perform pachy , keratometry, , A/B scans, and electrodiagnostic testing
✔✔non-resident CL sellers must provide: - ✔✔a toll-free phone number, fax, and email
address that are dedicated to providers and their authorized agents for Rx verification
✔✔the prescriber has how many hours to confirm , alter, deny the prescription request -
✔✔one business day or 2 pm of the next business day - 8 hours
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A practioner shall disclose his/her name and liscense status on a name tag and
communicate: - ✔✔name, license type, academic degree in writing, or prominently
display license
✔✔excessive prescription or excessive administration of drops or treatment or
diagnostic procedures as determined by standards of care is unprofessional conduct.
Punishment is: - ✔✔punishable fine of $100-$600, imprisonment of 60 to 180 days, or
both
✔✔unprofessional conduct: - ✔✔1) excessive prescription or excessive administration
of drops or treatment or diagnostic procedures
2) any act of sexual abuse, misconduct or relations with pt, client or customer, other
than a spouse, is an unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary actions
3) any health care licentiate who engages in or aids or abets substance abuse in his/her
workplace shall be guilty of unprofessional conduct
4) required to dispense drugs and devices legally RX for pt unless would cause harmful
interaction or adversely affect pt medical condition, drug or device not in stock, based
off of ethical, moral, or religious grounds only if employer made arrangements to give pt
timely access to prescribed drug or device
✔✔The central file of compliant is purged if the board has failed to act on the
compliant/report within how many years - ✔✔5 years
✔✔every insurance and every liscensed person must report within how many days to
the board every settlement or arbitatrion award over $3000 claim or action for damages
for death or personal injury - ✔✔30 days
✔✔exempt from licensure: - ✔✔1) during declared state of emergencies
2) if participates in a sponsored program for the uninsured or underinsured, of short
duration not exceeding 10 days, and services are free of charge to pt
✔✔OD can serve as CLIA director and may be able to perform only clinical lab tests
authorized in section 3041. What is CLIA? - ✔✔Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments
✔✔Optometrists can employ ophthalmologists: True or false - ✔✔True
✔✔spec lens Rx consists of: - ✔✔pt name, dioptric power of lens, issue and expiration
date, and name, address, license number and signature of practitioner
✔✔expiration date for spec lenses:
, exception is? - ✔✔shall not be less than 2-4 yrs from date of issuance . violation is
unprofessional conduct.
exception: presence of visual abnormalities related to ocular or systemic disease, there
is reasonable probability of change earlier than 2 yrs.
✔✔expiration for CL lenses - ✔✔should not be less than 1 yr and not more than 2 yrs
from date of issuance - if not it is unprofessional conduct
✔✔CL RX includes: - ✔✔name of manufacturer, trade name of private label brand, and
if applicable trade name of equivalent national brand
✔✔can charge for standard lenses required for fitting: True or false - ✔✔false
✔✔A fee verifying ophthalmic good obtained elsewhere if permissible if charged at time
of verification: true or false - ✔✔true
✔✔cannot waive liability for the product dispensed by others: true or false - ✔✔false,
not responsible for actual product but liable for determining accuracy of product
✔✔any violation of ANSI standards counts as: - ✔✔misdemeanor
✔✔considered deceptive marketing to sell plano contact lenses without valid Rx: true or
false - ✔✔true
✔✔assistant under following of optometrist, or surgeon can do following: - ✔✔a.
prepare pts for examination
b. preform non invasive testing of VA, pupils, and ocular motility
c. perform VF
d. perform ophthalmic photography and digital imaging
e. perform tono
f. perform lenso
g. perform non subj refraction with auto
h. administer cycloplegics
i: perform pachy , keratometry, , A/B scans, and electrodiagnostic testing
✔✔non-resident CL sellers must provide: - ✔✔a toll-free phone number, fax, and email
address that are dedicated to providers and their authorized agents for Rx verification
✔✔the prescriber has how many hours to confirm , alter, deny the prescription request -
✔✔one business day or 2 pm of the next business day - 8 hours
