24.168.301    DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) "ACOE" means the Accreditation Council on Optometry Education of the American Optometric Association.

(2) "ARBO" means the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry.

(3) "Anterior segment of the eye" means that part of the eye anterior to the vitreous face.

(4) "Board" means the Board of Optometry as defined in 2-15-1736 , MCA.

(5) "Department" means the Department of Labor and Industry as defined in 2-15-1701 , MCA.

(6) "DPA" means certification by the board in diagnostic pharmaceutical agents.

(7) "NBEO" means the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

(8) "TMOD" means the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease multiple choice examination administered by NBEO.

(9) "TPA" means certification by the board in therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.

History: 37-10-202, MCA; IMP, 37-10-101, 37-10-103, 37-10-304, MCA; NEW, 1993 MAR p. 398, Eff. 3/26/93; TRANS, from Commerce, 2003 MAR p. 2083; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 296, Eff. 3/9/07.