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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 463
OPTOMETRY
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F.S. 463.009
463.009 Supportive personnel.—No person other than a licensed practitioner may engage in the practice of optometry as defined in s. 463.002(7). Except as provided in this section, under no circumstances shall nonlicensed supportive personnel be delegated diagnosis or treatment duties; however, such personnel may perform data gathering, preliminary testing, prescribed visual therapy, and related duties under the direct supervision of the licensed practitioner. Nonlicensed personnel, who need not be employees of the licensed practitioner, may perform ministerial duties, tasks, and functions assigned to them by and performed under the general supervision of a licensed practitioner, including obtaining information from consumers for the purpose of making appointments for the licensed practitioner. The licensed practitioner shall be responsible for all delegated acts performed by persons under her or his direct and general supervision.
History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-194; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 20, 21, ch. 86-289; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 235, ch. 97-103; s. 15, ch. 2013-26.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 463.009
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 463.009.

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Cases Citing Statute 463.009

Total Results: 2

Cole Vision v. Dept. of Bus. and Prof.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-02-14

Citation: 688 So. 2d 404, 1997 WL 60865

Snippet: g., § 463.005(1)(d), (e), Fla. Stat. (1993); § 463.009, Fla. Stat. (1993); § 463.011, Fla. Stat. (1993);

Ferrari v. Board of Health

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1888-06-15

Citation: 24 Fla. 390

Snippet: harmonious in its several parts and provisions.” 1 Kent, 463; 9 Barbour’s Sup. Ct. Repts., 161. In applying this