                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-3200)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board of Optometry.
		&#8220;Optometrist&#8221; means any person practicing the profession of
optometry as defined in this chapter and the regulations of the Board.
		&#8220;Practice of optometry&#8221; means practice in accordance with the
provisions of § 54.1-3201.
		&#8220;TPA-certified optometrist&#8221; means an optometrist who is licensed
under this chapter and who has successfully completed the requirements for TPA
certification established by the Board pursuant to Article 5 (§ 54.1-3222 et
seq.).
		The foregoing shall not restrict the authority of any optometrist licensed or
certified under this chapter for the removal of superficial foreign bodies from
the human eye and its adnexa or from delegating to personnel in his personal
employ and supervised by him, such activities or functions as are
nondiscretionary and do not require the exercise of professional judgment for
their performance and which are usually or customarily delegated to such persons
by optometrists, if such activities or functions are authorized by and performed
for such optometrists and responsibility for such activities or functions is
assumed by such optometrists.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-368; 1988, cc. 243, 737, 765; 1991, c. 290; 1996, cc.
152, 158, 365, 436; 2004, c. 744; 2015, c. 355; 2018, c. 280; 2022, cc. 16, 17.