Minnesota Administrative Rules

6500.0400 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

Subpart 1.

Title.

When using the title "Doctor" or its abbreviation "Dr.", the abbreviation "O.D." shall not be used as a suffix to the name. However, when using the title or abbreviation before the name, the name shall be followed by the explanatory term "Optometrist."

Subp. 2.

[Repealed, 43 SR 5]

Subp. 3.

[Repealed, 43 SR 5]

Subp. 4.

Transfer of practice.

In the event an optometric practice is transferred to a licensed optometrist, the transferee may, through professional cards, stationery, signs, email, or other permissible forms of announcement, identify the transferee as having acquired the practice, provided that no such announcement shall be used or displayed more than two years after the date of transfer. During the two-year period, the name or names of the transferor shall not appear in letters larger than the letters used in the name of the transferee.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 145.714; 148.53; 214.06

History:

17 SR 1279; 43 SR 5

Published Electronically:

January 30, 2024