Iowa Admin. Code r. 645-180.1
For purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall apply:
"Active license" means a license that is current and has not expired.
"Approvedprogram or activity" means a continuing education program or activity meeting the standards set forth in these rules.
"Board" means the board of optometry.
"CELMO" means the Council on Endorsed Licensure Mobility for Optometrists.
"Graceperiod" means the 30-day period following expiration of a license when the license is still considered to be active. In order to renew a license during the grace period, a licensee is required to pay a late fee.
"Inactive license " means a license that has expired because it was not renewed by the end of the grace period. The category of "inactive license" may include licenses formerly known as lapsed, inactive, delinquent, closed, or retired.
"Licensee " means any person licensed to practice as an optometrist in the state of Iowa.
"Licensure by endorsement" means the issuance of an Iowa license to practice optometry to an applicant who is or has been licensed in another state.
"Mandatory training " means training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult abuse required of optometrists who are mandatory reporters. The full requirements on mandatory reporting of child abuse and the training requirements are found in Iowa Code section 23269.. The full requirements on mandatory reporting of dependent adult abuse and the training requirements are found in Iowa Code section 235B16..
"NBEO " means the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.
"Optometrist" means an optometrist who is licensed to practice optometry in Iowa and who is certified by the board of optometry to employ all diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment of the conditions of the human eye and adnexa, excluding the use of injections other than to counteract an anaphylactic reaction, and notwithstanding Iowa Code section 147107., may without charge supply any of the above pharmaceuticals to commence a course of therapy, with the exclusions cited in Iowa Code chapter 154.
"Reactivate" or"reactivation" means the process as outlined in rule 180.11(17A,147,272C) by which an inactive license is restored to active status.
"Reinstatement" means the process as outlined in 645-1131. (272C) by which a licensee who has had a license suspended or revoked or who has voluntarily surrendered a license may apply to have the license reinstated, with or without conditions. Once the license is reinstated, the licensee may apply for active status.
"TPA " means therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 645-180.1