§ 61-2-1 Short title
§ 61-2-2 Definitions
§ 61-2-3 Criminal offender’s character evaluation
§ 61-2-4 License required
§ 61-2-5 Board created; terms; appointment; continuance; removal
§ 61-2-6 Optometry board organization; meetings; compensation;
§ 61-2-7 Disposition of funds; optometry fund created; method of payments; bonds
§ 61-2-8 Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist
§ 61-2-9 Licensure by examination; expedited licensure by endorsement
§ 61-2-9.1 License issued
§ 61-2-10.2 Designation of pharmaceutical agents; certification for use of certain agents
§ 61-2-10.3 Prescription for pharmaceutical agent or ophthalmic lenses; required elements; authority of a person who sells and dispenses eyeglasses
§ 61-2-10.4 Contact lens prescription; required elements;
§ 61-2-10.5 Replacement contact lens prescriptions
§ 61-2-11 License fees; licensure under prior law
§ 61-2-12 License; display; renewal; retirement; resumption of practice
§ 61-2-13 Refusal, suspension or revocation of license
§ 61-2-14 Offenses
§ 61-2-14.1 Contact lenses; spectacles; limitations on prescriptions;
§ 61-2-15 Exemptions
§ 61-2-16 Freedom of choice
§ 61-2-17 Power to enjoin violations
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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 61 > Article 2 - Optometry

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
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