New Jersey § 45:12-9
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 45:12-9, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45:12-9.
No licensee shall be certified by the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists to use
or prescribe pharmaceutical agents in the practice of optometry before having completed
credentialing requirements in ocular pharmacology approved and administered by the
New Jersey State Board of Optometrists. Until such time as a majority of the optometrist members of the New Jersey State Board
of Optometrists are certified to use and prescribe pharmaceutical agents for treatment
purposes in the practice of optometry, an interim four-member panel of experts in
ocular pharmacology shall be established to prepare or endorse credentialing requirements
for board approval. The interim advisory panel of experts in ocular pharmacology shall be comprised
of a physician selected by the State Board of Medical Examiners, a member selected
by the Board of Pharmacy, a representative of a school of optometry duly accredited
by the United States Department of Education and the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation,
to be selected by the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, and the Commissioner
of the Department of Health and Senior Services or his designee. The interim panel shall be selected by the respective boards within 90 days of the
effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act. Panel members shall be directly responsible to the Director of the Division of Consumer
Affairs, who may order the replacement of any panel member for failure to promptly
and equitably fulfill their duties. The panel shall have 120 days following appointment of a majority of the panel to
submit to the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists credentialing requirements in
ocular pharmacology. Should the panel fail within the 120 day period to submit credentialing requirements
to the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, the Director of the Division of Consumer
Affairs shall designate, within 90 days thereafter, the credentialing requirements
for the interim period. Should the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs fail to designate credentialing
requirements within the 90-day period, the credentialing requirements shall be designated
by the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists.
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