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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 105. Board of Optometry
Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Optometry
5/5/2025

18VAC105-20-110. Quality assurance review process.

A. Effective July 1, 2025, an optometrist certified to perform laser surgery by the board shall maintain documentation of the following for not less than three years:

1. The number and type of laser surgeries performed by the optometrist; and

2. Any adverse treatment outcomes associated with such procedures that required referral to an ophthalmologist for treatment.

B. The board may conduct a random audit of licensees requiring a subject licensee to provide documentation required in subsection A of this section to the board within 30 days of notification of the audit.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-3225 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 14, eff. May 1, 2025.

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