36-7-15.3. Certification for use of therapeutic drugs--Examination.
The board, in certifying optometrists for the use of therapeutic drugs, shall require that all applicants before certification either have taken and successfully passed the treatment and management of ocular disease portion of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry test or have taken and successfully passed an examination prepared or certified by the board as covering all areas of pharmacological education provided to graduates of accredited optometric colleges. The South Dakota State University School of Pharmacy may assist the board in the formulation or administration of the examination of optometrists for competency in therapeutic drugs.
Source: SL 1986, ch 306, §10; SL 1994, ch 296, §6; SL 2013, ch 173, §2.