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CHAPTER 1-5 Flashcards

1
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Is the power vested in the legislature to enact such wholesome and reasonable laws as long as these laws do not violate the constitution

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Police power

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Licensure Laws, which provide:

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The minimum standard req. for the education and training of optometrists;

The examination req. for licensure of applicants;

The character, age, citizenship and other requirements for licensure of applicants;

The grounds and procedures for reprimand, suspension or revocation

The agencies created to administer the licensing statutes

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Code of ethics

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Consider his primary responsibility the visual welfare of the public;

Promote the best possible standards of professional care;

Enhance continuously his theoretical and practical proficiency;

Render his services with equal diligence to all, regardless of race, creed or status;

Respect the confidential nature of information concerning those he serves; and

Refer for medical or to other professional attention where the need is indicated

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Certain wrongful acts or omissions of optometrist are considered crimes.

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Criminal law

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5
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Any person who, contrary to law, willfully or negligently causes damage to another, shall indemnify the latter for the same

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Civil law

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Any optometrists admitted to a general or specialized optometric organization is obliged to comply with the constitution by laws

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Optometric societies

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Every optometrist serves as an ambassador of goodwill of his profession to the public

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Public opinion

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8
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Who has jurisdiction over offenses?

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Courts of law

Board of optometry, professional regulation commission

The optometric society and public opinion

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R.A. 8050 was enacted at

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1917

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Section 1

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Title

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Section 2

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Declaration of state policy

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Section 3

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Definition of Terms

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13
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What is optometry?

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The science and art of examining the human eye, analyzing the ocular function, prescribing and dispensing ophthalmic lenses, prisms, contact lenses and their accessories and solution…

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14
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A person who has been certified by the Board of Optometry and registered with the PRC as being qualified

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Optometrist

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A registered Optometrist who is authorized to practice the profession in the PH by virtue

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Optometrist in good standing

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16
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Who has jurisdiction over offenses

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Courts of law
Board of Optometry, PRC
The Optometric society and public opinion

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17
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The first regulatory law governing the profession of Optometry in the PH

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RA 8050: The Revised Optometry Law of 1995

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18
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RA 8050 was enacted in

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1917

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19
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RA 1917 was amended in

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1919

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20
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An act regulating the practice of optometry, upgrading optometric education, integrating optometrists, and for other purposes

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RA 8050

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21
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A document signed by the commissioner of the PRC and by all members of the Board of Optometry

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Certificate of registration

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22
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A renewable card, issued by the PRC to a registered optometrist indicating that he is competent and authorized to practice optometry in the PH

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Professional license

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23
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A set of standards relating to the conduct, integrity, and moral duties of optometrists

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Code of professional ethics

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24
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Section 4

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Acts constituting the practice of optometry

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25
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Section 5

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Prohibition against the unauthorized practice of optometry

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26
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Section 6

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Disclosure of Authority to practice

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27
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An optometrist shall be required to indicate his professional license number and the date of its expiration

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Section 6

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28
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Section 7

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The board of optometry

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29
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The board of optometry is composed of ___ members who shall be appointed by the President of the PH

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(5)

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30
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Section 8

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Minimum qualification of board members

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31
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Minimum qualification of board members

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A natural-born citizen of the PH

Duly registered optometrist

At least 35 y/o

A good moral character

Active for at least 10 years in profession

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32
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Section 9

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Term of Office

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33
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Section 10

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Removal or suspension of board members

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34
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Section 11

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Compensation of board members

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35
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Section 12

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Functions and powers of the board

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36
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Section 13

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Quorom in Board Meetings

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37
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The attendance of ___ members shall constitute a quorom for the board

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(3)

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38
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Section 14

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Votes required in administrative cases

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39
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Section 15

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Supervision of the Board and Custody of its Records

40
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Section 16

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Annual report

41
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Section 17

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Licensure examination

42
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Section 18

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Scope of examination

43
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Section 19

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Requirements for examination of applicants

44
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Eligible to take the licensure exam must be

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A filipino citizen
Of good moral character
A holder of a degree of OD obtained from a school, college, university

45
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Section 20

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Minimum passing level

46
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Section 21

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Report of the result of the examination

47
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Section 22

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Additional requirement for reexamination

48
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Section 23

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Oath of optometrists

49
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Section 24

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Disqualification

50
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Section 25

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Registration

51
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Section 26

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Revocation of certificates and suspension of professional licenses

52
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Section 27

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Appeals

53
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Section 28

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Reinstatement, reissuance or replacement of certificate

54
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Section 29

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Renewal of professional licenses

55
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All licenses shall be renewable every ___ years

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(3)

56
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Section 20 of RA 8981

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PRC modernization act of 2000

57
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Section 30

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The technical panel on optometric education

58
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Section 31

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Competency in pharmacology

59
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Section 32

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Prohibited acts

60
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Section 33

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Penal provision

61
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Section 34

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Foreign reciprocity

62
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Section 35

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Rules and regulations

63
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Section 36

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Integration of optometrists

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Section 37

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Purposes

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Section 38

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Membership fees and dues

66
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Section 39

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Other organizations

67
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Section 40

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Code of professional ethics

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Section 41

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Separability clause

69
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Section 42

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Repealing clause

70
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Section 43

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Effectivity clause

71
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This act shall take effect ___ days after its publication

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15

72
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The act of determining, knowing, or identifying the nature of the visual anomaly

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Diagnosis

73
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Is the application of a remedy or remedies to effect a cure or correction of an injury, dse. Or visual anomaly

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Treatment

74
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Is a direction of remedy or remedies for a disease, injury or visual anomaly

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Prescription

75
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The act of issuing an optical appliance which corrects, remedies or relieves defects of vision

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Dispensing

76
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One whose identity starts at birth and ends at death

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Natural person

77
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One who is created by law, and whose life attributes are those provided by law

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Juridical or artificial person

78
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Fees that the optometrist must pay when he established his practice

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Registration fee

79
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This fee is also known as the “privilege tax” or “D-14” license

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Professional license fee

80
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This is required of all citizens and residents of the PH doing business in the country

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Income tax

81
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The BIR implemented the law requiring all services, including professional services

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Value Added Tax (VAT)

82
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This tax is imposed on those engaged in the selling of general merchandise

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C-13 License Fee

83
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An optometrist may practice alone without any relationship with other optometrists

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Solo or individual practice

84
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One where three or more optometrists maintain a private organization for the purpose of pooling facilities

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Group practice

85
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Practice where there’s majority of optometrists in the PH

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Solo practice

86
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There is a mutual consent of both the optometrist and the patient

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Consensual

87
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The contractual relation is based on mutual trust and confidence in one another

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Fiduciary

88
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This is when the nature and extent of the optometric service to be rendered by the optometrist

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Expressed contract

89
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The existence of the contract can be inferred from the acts of contracting parties

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Implied contract

90
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The privilege to practice optometry, when given to a person does not compel that person to practice the profession

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Right to choose patients

91
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A professional fee measured by the space of time and not by the quality or quantity of professional services rendered

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Retainer fee

92
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Fee depending the success or failure of treatment given

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Contingent fee

93
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When an optometrist engages the services of a third person to act as an agent to solicit patients for him

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Dichotomous Fee (Free Splitting)

94
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This practice tends to hide the professional fee in the overall charge to the patient giving the latter the impression that is paying only for the eyeglassess

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Straight fee or “pakyaw system”

95
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Failure in the part of the patient to pay the professional fee after repeat demands over a reasonable period

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Judicial methods

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