58-16a-601. Scope of practice.
(1) An optometrist may: provide optometric services not specifically prohibited under this chapter or division rules if the services are within the optometrist's training, skills, and scope of competence; and prescribe or administer pharmaceutical agents for the eye and its adnexa, including oral agents, subject to the following conditions: an optometrist may prescribe oral antibiotics for only eyelid related ocular conditions or diseases, and other ocular conditions or diseases specified by division rule; and an optometrist may administer or prescribe a hydrocodone combination drug, or a Schedule III controlled substance, as defined in Section, only if: 58-37-108 the substance is administered or prescribed for pain of the eye or adnexa; the substance is administered orally or topically or is prescribed for oral or topical use; the amount of the substance administered or prescribed does not exceed a 72-hour quantity; and if the substance is prescribed, the prescription does not include refills.
(2) An optometrist may not: perform surgery, including laser surgery; or prescribe or administer a Schedule II controlled substance, as defined in Section, except for a hydrocodone combination drug, if so scheduled and prescribed or administered in accordance with Subsection. 58-37-108 (1)(b)
(3) For purposes of Sectionsand, an optometrist is a health care provider. 31A-22-618 31A-45-303