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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RA 8050 was enacted in

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1917

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RA 1917 was amended in

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1919

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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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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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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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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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Section 4

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Acts constituting the practice of optometry

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Section 5
Prohibition against the unauthorized practice of optometry
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Section 6
Disclosure of Authority to practice
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An optometrist shall be required to indicate his professional license number and the date of its expiration
Section 6
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Section 7
The board of optometry
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The board of optometry is composed of ___ members who shall be appointed by the President of the PH
(5)
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Section 8
Minimum qualification of board members
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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
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Section 9
Term of Office
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Section 10
Removal or suspension of board members
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Section 11
Compensation of board members
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Section 12
Functions and powers of the board
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Section 13
Quorom in Board Meetings
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The attendance of ___ members shall constitute a quorom for the board
(3)
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Section 14
Votes required in administrative cases
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Section 15
Supervision of the Board and Custody of its Records
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Section 16
Annual report
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Section 17
Licensure examination
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Section 18
Scope of examination
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Section 19
Requirements for examination of applicants
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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
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Section 20
Minimum passing level
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Section 21
Report of the result of the examination
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Section 22
Additional requirement for reexamination
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Section 23
Oath of optometrists
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Section 24
Disqualification
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Section 25
Registration
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Section 26
Revocation of certificates and suspension of professional licenses
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Section 27
Appeals
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Section 28
Reinstatement, reissuance or replacement of certificate
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Section 29
Renewal of professional licenses
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All licenses shall be renewable every ___ years
(3)
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Section 20 of RA 8981
PRC modernization act of 2000
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Section 30
The technical panel on optometric education
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Section 31
Competency in pharmacology
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Section 32
Prohibited acts
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Section 33
Penal provision
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Section 34
Foreign reciprocity
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Section 35
Rules and regulations
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Section 36
Integration of optometrists
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Section 37
Purposes
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Section 38
Membership fees and dues
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Section 39
Other organizations
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Section 40
Code of professional ethics
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Section 41
Separability clause
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Section 42
Repealing clause
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Section 43
Effectivity clause
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This act shall take effect ___ days after its publication
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The act of determining, knowing, or identifying the nature of the visual anomaly
Diagnosis
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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
Treatment
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Is a direction of remedy or remedies for a disease, injury or visual anomaly
Prescription
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The act of issuing an optical appliance which corrects, remedies or relieves defects of vision
Dispensing
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One whose identity starts at birth and ends at death
Natural person
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One who is created by law, and whose life attributes are those provided by law
Juridical or artificial person
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Fees that the optometrist must pay when he established his practice
Registration fee
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This fee is also known as the “privilege tax” or “D-14” license
Professional license fee
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This is required of all citizens and residents of the PH doing business in the country
Income tax
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The BIR implemented the law requiring all services, including professional services
Value Added Tax (VAT)
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This tax is imposed on those engaged in the selling of general merchandise
C-13 License Fee
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An optometrist may practice alone without any relationship with other optometrists
Solo or individual practice
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One where three or more optometrists maintain a private organization for the purpose of pooling facilities
Group practice
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Practice where there’s majority of optometrists in the PH
Solo practice
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There is a mutual consent of both the optometrist and the patient
Consensual
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The contractual relation is based on mutual trust and confidence in one another
Fiduciary
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This is when the nature and extent of the optometric service to be rendered by the optometrist
Expressed contract
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The existence of the contract can be inferred from the acts of contracting parties
Implied contract
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The privilege to practice optometry, when given to a person does not compel that person to practice the profession
Right to choose patients
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A professional fee measured by the space of time and not by the quality or quantity of professional services rendered
Retainer fee
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Fee depending the success or failure of treatment given
Contingent fee
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When an optometrist engages the services of a third person to act as an agent to solicit patients for him
Dichotomous Fee (Free Splitting)
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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
Straight fee or “pakyaw system”
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Failure in the part of the patient to pay the professional fee after repeat demands over a reasonable period
Judicial methods

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