2000 Minnesota Statutes

     148.576 Use of topical legend drugs; limitations; 
  reports. 

    Subdivision 1.    Authority to prescribe or administer.  
 A licensed optometrist who is board certified under section 
 148.575 may prescribe or administer topical legend drugs to aid 
 in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, prevention, treatment, or 
 management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality of 
 the human eye and adnexa. 

    Subd. 2.    Adverse reaction reports.  An optometrist 
 certified to prescribe topical legend drugs shall file with the 
 board of optometry within ten working days of its occurrence a 
 report on any adverse reaction resulting from the optometrist's 
 administration of a drug.  The report must include the 
 optometrist's name, address, and license number; the patient's 
 name, address, and age; the patient's presenting problem; the 
 diagnosis; the agent administered and the method of 
 administration; the reaction; and the subsequent action taken. 

    HIST: 1993 c 121 s 7