Laws, Standards and Licensure

246 Code of Massachusetts regulations 1.00-3.00

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Board of Registration of Optometrists

The source for this copy of 246 CMR is The Board of Registration of Optometrists web site: http://www.state.ma.us/reg/boards/op/ .

Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry

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ARBO's Web site is designed to provide resources to state regulatory boards of optometry throughout North America. Services include: A directory of continuing education (CE) programs, a directory of optometry boards with Web site links, and a directory of licensed optometrists in the United States.

Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories

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Richmond, Jonathan Y.

"May 1999."

Blueprint of the Canadian Standard Assessment in Optometry

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Canadian Examiners in Optometry

Board of Registration in Optometry

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Care of the adult patient with cataract: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Adult Patient with Cataract (Reviewed 2004). "

Care of the contact lens patient: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Contact Lens Patient (April 26, 2000)."

Care of the patient with accommodative and vergence dysfunction: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association

This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Accommodative and Vergence Dysfunction (Reviewed 2001).

Care of the patient with amblyopia: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Amblyopia (Reviewed 2004)."

Care of the patient with anterior uveitis: quick reference guide

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Anterior Uveitis (Reviewed 2004)."

Care of the patient with blepharitis: quick reference guide

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Ocular Surface Disorders (Revised 2003)."

Care of the patient with dry eye: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Ocular Surface Disorders (Revised April 2003)."

Care of the patient with learning related vision problems: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Learning Related Vision Problems (June 20, 2000)."

Care of the patient with low vision: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Low Vision (Reviewed 2001).

Care of the patient with open angle glaucoma: quick reference guide

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Open Angle Glaucoma (August, 2002)."

Care of the patient with primary angle closure glaucoma: quick reference guide

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (Reviewed 2001)."

Care of the patient with retinal detachment and related peripheral vitreoretinal disease: quick reference guide

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Retinal Detachment and Related Peripheral Vitreoretinal Disease (Reviewed 2004)."

Care of the patient with strabismus: esotropia and exotropia: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Strabismus (Reviewed 2004)."

Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers /

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Patrias, Karen.

"Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations." -- from introduction.

College of Optometry Continuing Education.

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Pacific University.

Catalog of online continuing education courses.

Comprehensive adult eye and vision examination: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Comprehensive Adult Eye and Vision Examination (April 28, 2005, 2nd edition.)"

Directory of optometry boards

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Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry

Formerly in print. Includes a directory listing of all members of the 50 state boards, territories and some Canadian provinces. Also includes a link to optometry board websites.

Education and training in the care and use of laboratory animals :a guide for developing institutional programs

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Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.).

Ethical and policy issues in research involving human participants

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United States.

"August 2001"--Vol. 1.

Ethical and policy issues in research involving human participants :summary

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United States.

"August 2001."

General Laws of Massachusetts -- Chapter 176F. Optometric Service Organizations

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Full text of the law.

Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals

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Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.)

Incorporates recent research on commonly used species, including farm animals. Covers institutional policies and responsibilities, animal environment, husbandry, and management, veterinary care, and physical plant.

The guide to clinical preventive services :recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Health Security Act.

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United States.

Introduced as S.1757 in the 103rd Congress.

HHS - Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA.Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Office for Civil Rights.

Contains background information, regulations and standards, educational materials, and how to file a complaint.

Knowing what works in health care :a roadmap for the nation

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Eden, Jill.

Making the grade? :an analysis of state and federal children's vision care policy.

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Vision Council of America

Study conducted by Vision Council of America (VCA) to determine which states require vision care prior to school entry.

Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information

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United States.

National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR).

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"Serving as Friends of the National Eye Institute." Eye Fact Center links to many statistical sites and fact sheets, as well as news on the latest legislation.

National Board of Examiners in Optometry

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National Board of Examiners in Optometry (U.S.)

This web site has been designed to provide comprehensive information about the National Board examinations. It is intended to help answer questions, and to assist in the preparing for licensing examinations. Includes sections on: exam content (Parts I, II, III, TMOD), application form, application info, application review, FAQs, become an examiner, and NBEO articles.

National Optometric Data Bank (NODB)

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Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry

ARBO data bank is available to search any licensed Doctor of Optometry (OD) practicing in the US.

Older driver relicensing laws: the state of the states

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"Source: Meredith Coley. (2001). "Older Driver Relicensing Laws: The State of the States." The Public Policy and Aging Report, Volume 11, No. 4. Washington, DC: National Academy on an Aging Society. "

Optometry Rules and Laws Websites

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Compilation by Illinois College of Optometry Library staff of all 50 US state boards of optometry.

Pediatric eye and vision examination: quick reference guide.

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American Optometric Association.

"This Quick Reference Guide should be used in conjunction with the Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline on Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination (2002)."

Perioperative standards and recommended practices /

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Conner, Ramona.

School health screening.

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Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Family and Community Health.

Includes Massachusetts law on preschool health screenings, manual and instructions for administering the preschool vision screening, a video demonstration, and various related materials.

Vision Care Manual

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Division of Medical Assistance.

Provider Manual Series

Vision care services and ophthalmic materials

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Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (DHCFP)

Contains 5 sections: General Provisions, General Definitions, General Rate Provisions, Allowable fees for vision care services, Severability

The Vision Council.

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To view page of site referring specifically to facts and statistics regarding vision in America, please click on the link provided.The Vision Council's mission is to "create awareness of the value of vision care and to grow the eyewear and vision care market through education, forums and expositions, industry statistics and data, technical standards, alliances and advocacy." It is a membership-based organization.