CHAPTER 1-5 Flashcards
Is the power vested in the legislature to enact such wholesome and reasonable laws as long as these laws do not violate the constitution
Police power
Licensure Laws, which provide:
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
Code of ethics
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
Certain wrongful acts or omissions of optometrist are considered crimes.
Criminal law
Any person who, contrary to law, willfully or negligently causes damage to another, shall indemnify the latter for the same
Civil law
Any optometrists admitted to a general or specialized optometric organization is obliged to comply with the constitution by laws
Optometric societies
Every optometrist serves as an ambassador of goodwill of his profession to the public
Public opinion
Who has jurisdiction over offenses?
Courts of law
Board of optometry, professional regulation commission
The optometric society and public opinion
R.A. 8050 was enacted at
1917
Section 1
Title
Section 2
Declaration of state policy
Section 3
Definition of Terms
What is optometry?
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…
A person who has been certified by the Board of Optometry and registered with the PRC as being qualified
Optometrist
A registered Optometrist who is authorized to practice the profession in the PH by virtue
Optometrist in good standing
Who has jurisdiction over offenses
Courts of law
Board of Optometry, PRC
The Optometric society and public opinion
The first regulatory law governing the profession of Optometry in the PH
RA 8050: The Revised Optometry Law of 1995
RA 8050 was enacted in
1917
RA 1917 was amended in
1919
An act regulating the practice of optometry, upgrading optometric education, integrating optometrists, and for other purposes
RA 8050
A document signed by the commissioner of the PRC and by all members of the Board of Optometry
Certificate of registration
A renewable card, issued by the PRC to a registered optometrist indicating that he is competent and authorized to practice optometry in the PH
Professional license
A set of standards relating to the conduct, integrity, and moral duties of optometrists
Code of professional ethics
Section 4
Acts constituting the practice of optometry
Section 5
Prohibition against the unauthorized practice of optometry
Section 6
Disclosure of Authority to practice
An optometrist shall be required to indicate his professional license number and the date of its expiration
Section 6
Section 7
The board of optometry
The board of optometry is composed of ___ members who shall be appointed by the President of the PH
(5)
Section 8
Minimum qualification of board members
Minimum qualification of board members
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
Section 9
Term of Office
Section 10
Removal or suspension of board members
Section 11
Compensation of board members
Section 12
Functions and powers of the board
Section 13
Quorom in Board Meetings
The attendance of ___ members shall constitute a quorom for the board
(3)
Section 14
Votes required in administrative cases
Section 15
Supervision of the Board and Custody of its Records
Section 16
Annual report
Section 17
Licensure examination
Section 18
Scope of examination
Section 19
Requirements for examination of applicants
Eligible to take the licensure exam must be
A filipino citizen
Of good moral character
A holder of a degree of OD obtained from a school, college, university
Section 20
Minimum passing level
Section 21
Report of the result of the examination
Section 22
Additional requirement for reexamination
Section 23
Oath of optometrists
Section 24
Disqualification
Section 25
Registration
Section 26
Revocation of certificates and suspension of professional licenses
Section 27
Appeals
Section 28
Reinstatement, reissuance or replacement of certificate
Section 29
Renewal of professional licenses
All licenses shall be renewable every ___ years
(3)
Section 20 of RA 8981
PRC modernization act of 2000
Section 30
The technical panel on optometric education
Section 31
Competency in pharmacology
Section 32
Prohibited acts
Section 33
Penal provision
Section 34
Foreign reciprocity
Section 35
Rules and regulations
Section 36
Integration of optometrists
Section 37
Purposes
Section 38
Membership fees and dues
Section 39
Other organizations
Section 40
Code of professional ethics
Section 41
Separability clause
Section 42
Repealing clause
Section 43
Effectivity clause
This act shall take effect ___ days after its publication
15
The act of determining, knowing, or identifying the nature of the visual anomaly
Diagnosis
Is the application of a remedy or remedies to effect a cure or correction of an injury, dse. Or visual anomaly
Treatment
Is a direction of remedy or remedies for a disease, injury or visual anomaly
Prescription
The act of issuing an optical appliance which corrects, remedies or relieves defects of vision
Dispensing
One whose identity starts at birth and ends at death
Natural person
One who is created by law, and whose life attributes are those provided by law
Juridical or artificial person
Fees that the optometrist must pay when he established his practice
Registration fee
This fee is also known as the “privilege tax” or “D-14” license
Professional license fee
This is required of all citizens and residents of the PH doing business in the country
Income tax
The BIR implemented the law requiring all services, including professional services
Value Added Tax (VAT)
This tax is imposed on those engaged in the selling of general merchandise
C-13 License Fee
An optometrist may practice alone without any relationship with other optometrists
Solo or individual practice
One where three or more optometrists maintain a private organization for the purpose of pooling facilities
Group practice
Practice where there’s majority of optometrists in the PH
Solo practice
There is a mutual consent of both the optometrist and the patient
Consensual
The contractual relation is based on mutual trust and confidence in one another
Fiduciary
This is when the nature and extent of the optometric service to be rendered by the optometrist
Expressed contract
The existence of the contract can be inferred from the acts of contracting parties
Implied contract
The privilege to practice optometry, when given to a person does not compel that person to practice the profession
Right to choose patients
A professional fee measured by the space of time and not by the quality or quantity of professional services rendered
Retainer fee
Fee depending the success or failure of treatment given
Contingent fee
When an optometrist engages the services of a third person to act as an agent to solicit patients for him
Dichotomous Fee (Free Splitting)
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
Straight fee or “pakyaw system”
Failure in the part of the patient to pay the professional fee after repeat demands over a reasonable period
Judicial methods
