North Dakota Century Code Title 43. Occupations and Professions § 43-13-01. Definitions

1. “Board” means the North Dakota state board of optometry.

2. “Diagnosis and treatment” means the determination, interpretation, and treatment of any visual, muscular, neurological, interpretative, or anatomical anomaly of the eye which may be aided, relieved, or corrected through visual training procedures or through the use of lenses, prisms, filters, ophthalmic instruments, pharmaceutical agents, or combinations thereof, held either in contact with the eye, or in frames or mountings, as further authorized by this chapter. Laser therapy and the use of invasive surgery are not permitted under this chapter, except superficial foreign bodies may be removed and primary care procedures may be performed.

3. “Distant site provider” means a provider of optometric services through telemedicine from a site other than the patient's origination site. A distant site provider must hold an active license to practice optometry in this state.

4. “Optometric services” means any evaluation, examination, diagnosis, or treatment provided for a patient within the scope of practice of optometry. The term includes the prescription of pharmaceutical agents by a provider to a patient.

5. “Pharmaceutical agent” means diagnostic pharmaceutical agents or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents. The term includes nonscheduled pharmaceutical agents, except for acetaminophen with thirty milligrams of codeine, that have documented use in the treatment of ocular-related disorders or diseases. As used in this subsection:

6. “Practicing optometry” means: