Opt 6620 Practice of Optometry Questions with
correct answers
How do we define an optometrist? Correct Answer-ODs are the primary
care professional for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and
manage diseases, injuries, and disorder of the visual system, the eye, and
associated structures. Note that they also identify related systemic
conditions affecting the eye.
What is the scope of practice of an optometrist? Correct Answer-OD's
diagnose vision problems, ocular diseases, and systemic conditions with
ocular manifestations. They prescribe medications, low vision
rehabilitation, vision therapy, spectacle lenses, contact lenses, and
perform certain surgical procedures. Counsel patients regarding surgical
and non-surgical options.
When did it first become legal to practice optometry and what state did
this occur in? Correct Answer-1892. Charles Prentice of New York
enacted a state statute that legalized the practice of optometry for the
first time.
When was the first association of optometrists formed and what was it
called? Correct Answer-1898, the American Association of Opticians
When did the AAO change their name to the American Optometric
Association? Correct Answer-1919. Note that the AAO was first formed
in 1898.
, Which state first passed a law that regulated the practice of optometry
and when did this occur? Correct Answer-Minnesota, 1901. This was
nine years after optometry was first legalized in New York.
When did Ohio enact its optometric practice law? Correct Answer-1919.
Note that Ohio was the 34th state to do so. This was 27 years after NY
first legalized the profession.
What was the last jurisdiction to enact a practice of optometry law and
when did this occur? Correct Answer-The District of Columbia in 1924.
This was 32 years after NY first legalized the profession.
When did all of the states decide to accept NBEO test results, rather than
having their own tests? Correct Answer-1995
In what year did states allow licensure by endorsement for optometrists
who did not take the NBEO test? Correct Answer-2003
When did the NBEO change the test format to better integrate basic and
clinical sciences? Correct Answer-2006
When did the AOA pass a Board certification process? Correct Answer-
2009
When did Ohio State first offer an applied optics program? Correct
Answer-1914. Note that this was 5 years before the profession was first
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