20 CSR 2210-1.010
General Organization
PURPOSE: This rule describes the board’s
operation and the methods and procedures
where the public may obtain information or
make submissions or requests.
(1) Whenever used in 20 CSR 2210, the word
board means the State Board of Optometry.
(2) The State Board of Optometry is a unit of
the Division of Professional Registration in
the Department of Commerce and Insurance.
(3) The board was created by an Act of the
51st General Assembly in 1921.
(4) The board consists of five (5) licensed
doctors of optometry and one (1) public
member. The governor appoints the members
of the board, with the advice and consent of
the senate, from nominees submitted by the
director of the Division of Professional
Registration. The terms of the licensed doctors are five (5) years and the term of the public member is four (4) years.
(5) The board is authorized by section
336.160, RSMo to adopt rules for the application and enforcement of Chapter 336,
RSMo.
(6) The board has superintending control over
the practice of optometry within this state.
The board’s primary duties consist of—
(A) Examining and licensing of applicants;
(B) Approving colleges of optometry;
(C) Accrediting continuing education programs for license renewal; and
(D) Censuring, suspending, probating, or
revoking licenses of any doctor found guilty
of violating the prohibitions of Chapter 336,
RSMo.
(7) Unless otherwise provided by statute or
regulation, regular and special meetings of
the board are guided by Robert’s Rules of
Order.
(8) The public may obtain information from
the board or make submissions or requests to
the board by writing the State Board of
Optometry.
AUTHORITY: sections 336.130.4, 336.140,
and 536.023.3, RSMo 2016, and section
336.160, RSMo Supp. 2018.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 210-1.010. Original rule
filed Dec. 19, 1975, effective Dec. 29, 1975.
Rescinded and readopted: Filed Oct. 14,
1981, effective Jan. 14, 1982. Amended:
Filed Sept. 13, 1995, effective March 30,
1996. Moved to 20 CSR 2210-1.010, effective
Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Nov. 29,
2006, effective May 30, 2007. Amended:
Filed Dec. 5, 2007, effective June 30, 2008.
Amended: Filed Aug. 23, 2018, effective Feb.
28, 2019. Non-substantive change filed July
30, 2019, published Sept. 30, 2019.
*Original authority: 336.130.4, RSMo 1939, amended
1949, 1981, 1999; 336.140, RSMo 1939, amended 1949,
1963, 1980, 1981, 1985, 2007, 2008; 336.160, RSMo
1939, amended 1947, 1963, 1981, 2007, 2008, 2018; and
536.023.3, RSMo 1975, amended 1976, 1997, 2004.