Section 43-13-13.3 - Standard of care - When consultation with physician required1. An optometrist certified by the board in the use of pharmaceutical agents as provided in this chapter must be held to the same standard of care in the use of such agents as are physicians licensed by the North Dakota board of medicine.2. Any optometrist authorized by the board to use pharmaceutical agents shall consult with a physician duly licensed to practice medicine when any diseased or pathological conditions of the eye do not respond to treatment. The consultation must be documented in the patient's record.Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 297 (HB 1153),§ 14, eff. 8/1/2015.