645—180.1(154) Definitions. For purposes of these rules, the following definitions will apply:
“Active license” means a license that is current and has not expired.
“Board” means the board of optometry.
“CELMO” means the Council on Endorsed Licensure Mobility for Optometrists.
“Grace period” means the 30-day period following expiration of a license when the license is still considered to be active.
“Inactive license” means a license that has expired because it was not renewed by the end of the grace period.
“Licensee” means any person licensed to practice as an optometrist in the state of Iowa.
“Licensure by endorsement” means the issuance of an Iowa license to practice optometry to an applicant who is or has been licensed in another state.
“Mandatory training” means training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult abuse required of optometrists who are mandatory reporters. The full requirements on mandatory reporting of child abuse and the training requirements are found in Iowa Code section 232.69. The full requirements on mandatory reporting of dependent adult abuse and the training requirements are found in Iowa Code section 235B.16.
“NBEO” means the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.
“Optometrist” means an optometrist who is licensed to practice optometry in Iowa and who is certified by the board of optometry to employ all diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment of the conditions of the human eye and adnexa, excluding the use of injections other than to counteract an anaphylactic reaction, and notwithstanding Iowa Code section 147.107, may without charge supply any of the above pharmaceuticals to commence a course of therapy, with the exclusions cited in Iowa Code chapter 154.
“Reactivate” or “reactivation” means the process as outlined in rule 645—180.5(17A,147,272C) by which an inactive license is restored to active status.
“Reinstatement” means the process as outlined in rule 645—11.31(272C) by which a licensee who has had a license suspended or revoked or who has voluntarily surrendered a license may apply to have the license reinstated, with or without conditions.
“TPA” means therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
[ARC 7974C, IAB 5/15/24, effective 6/19/24]