Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:12-16. Optometrists convicted of crime reported to state board The clerk of every court wherein a person licensed to practice optometry in this state shall be convicted of a crime shall make a report thereof in writing to the board of the conviction. The report shall state the…

45:12-17. Expenses of board and its members The board may cause to be paid out of the registration fees, penalties, and other fees received by it, all proper expenses incurred by it under the provisions of this chapter, including the salary of its secretary-treasurer and compensa…

45:12-17.1. Allowance to members of Board; reimbursement for expenses Each member of the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists shall receive the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each examination held pursuant to section 45:12-4 of the Revised Statutes and shall be …

45:12-18. Account and report of receipts and expenditures An itemized account of all the receipts and expenditures of the board shall be kept by the secretary-treasurer, and a detailed report thereof each year, ending with June thirtieth, duly verified by the affidavit of said se…

45:12-18.1. Record of examination of patient considered exclusive property of optometrist The record of an optometrist of the examination of a patient, including patient's name, address, age, occupation, and all findings and pertinent facts concerning the patient discovered and d…

45:12-18.2. Partial invalidity In the event that any section, paragraph, clause, sentence or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not impair the remainder thereof, but shall be confined strictl…

45:12-19 Illegal practices; peddling eyeglasses, contact lenses; attending confined person. a. No person, not a holder of a certificate of registration duly issued to him, shall practice optometry within the State, and no person shall falsely personate a registered optometrist of…

45:12-19.1. Practicing under another's name; employment by others It shall be unlawful for any person licensed to practice optometry under the laws of the State of New Jersey to advertise, practice or hold himself forth as being entitled to practice under a name other than his ow…

45:12-19.2. Cards offering special rates or discounts It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to issue cards offering free eye examinations or eye examinations for any price, or eye examinations at a discount or offering special rates or discounts for eyeg…

45:12-19.3. Effective date This act shall take effect March 1, 1955. L.1954, c. 227, p. 853, s. 8.

45:12-2. New Jersey state board of optometrists; membership; appointments; terms of office The New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, hereinafter in this chapter designated as the "board," created and established by the act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of optometry,…

45:12-26. Titles not authorized Nothing contained in this chapter shall confer upon any person practicing optometry the right to add, affix, or attach to his name the title, designation, character or letters of M.D., surgeon, doctor, unless qualified by the word optometrist, opht…

45:12-27. Testimony and reports of licensed optometrist; receipt as qualified evidence; right to free choice of ocular practitioner The testimony and reports of an optometrist licensed to practice in this State shall be received by any State, county, municipal, school district or…

45:12-3. Oath of office; officers; secretary-treasurer's compensation and bond; appointment and powers of agent The members of the board shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, and within 30 days after their appointment, take and subscribe an oath before an off…

45:12-4. Rules and regulations; seal; records; semiannual examinations The board shall conduct an investigation and ascertain the facts relating to the practice of optometry for the purpose of determining the need for, and the desirability of, rules to promote the safety, protect…

45:12-5. Applications for certificate of registrations; qualifications of applicants; examination; issuance of certificate A person desiring to commence the practice of optometry shall file with the secretary of the board, upon blanks to be furnished by the secretary, an applicat…

45:12-6. Fees; numbering and recording of certificates; filing of photograph of registrant The fee for such examination shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and for a certificate of registration, fifteen dollars ($15.00), to be paid to the secretary of the board by the applican…

45:12-7. Issuance of license to licensees of other states; fee Any applicant for license to practice optometry, upon proving to the satisfaction of the board that he is of good moral character, a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such a citizen…

45:12-8. Certificate displayed in office; practitioners' names displayed outside; practice outside office; change of location Every person practicing optometry shall display his registration certificate or certificates, together with his registration renewal certificate or certif…

45:12-9. Registration; certificates; fees; branch offices; revocation 45:12-9. Every registered optometrist who practices in the State of New Jersey shall, on such dates and times as the board may determine, pay to the secretary-treasurer of the board a registration renewal fee f…

45:12-9.1. Public policy It is hereby declared in the interest of the citizens of this State, to encourage the maintenance of continuing proficiency for registered active optometrists to the end that the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and clinical advan…

45:12-9.11 Prescription restrictions. 9. a. Whenever in any law there is a requirement or duty with respect to the prescription, administration or dispensing of any drug which applies to any person authorized to prescribe that drug, the same shall apply to an optometrist when pre…

45:12-9.12. Practice at retail or commercial locations 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an optometrist shall not be prohibited from practicing optometry at a rented location in a retail or commercial store or office or ophthalmic dispenser's office,…

45:12-9.13 Credentialing requirements for optometrist to use, prescribe pharmaceutical agents. 10. 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 credentia…

45:12-9.2 Requirement of continuing education; exemption; approval of programs by board; fees. 2. All registered active optometrists now or hereafter licensed in the State of New Jersey shall be required to take courses of study relating to the practice of the profession of optom…

45:12-9.3 Credits necessary. 3. Fifty credits of continuing professional optometric education shall be required biennially of each New Jersey optometrist holding an active license during the period preceding the established license renewal date. Each credit shall represent or be …

45:12-9.4. Reactivation of license; credits necessary In order to reactivate a license which has been inactive, the applicant shall give evidence satisfactory to the board of having maintained proficiency by attaining credits in an amount at least equal to that required for the r…

45:12-9.5. Waiver of requirements The board may waive any of the requirements of this act in cases of certified illness or undue hardship to be determined on an individual basis. L.1975, c. 24, s. 5, eff. March 5, 1975.

45:12-9.6. Acceptance of federal funds The board is authorized to treat funds allocated for the purpose of continuing proficiency as State Funds for the purpose of accepting any funds made available under Federal Law for the promulgation and maintenance of programs of continuing …

45:12-9.7. Inapplicability of act to practice of medicine and surgery Nothing in this act shall be construed to permit the practice of medicine and surgery as defined in R.S. 45:9-5.1. L.1975, c. 24, s. 7, eff. March 5, 1975.

45:12-9.8 Credentialing, certification process; rules, regulations. 6. a. The New Jersey State Board of Optometrists shall establish a comprehensive credentialing and certification process for optometrists to receive certification in the use and prescription of pharmaceutical age…

45:12-9.9 Credentialing requirements. 7. The New Jersey State Board of Optometrists shall establish the credentialing requirements which shall be fulfilled before a person may be certified to use or prescribe pharmaceutical agents for treatment purposes in the practice of optomet…