Chapter 430-3 CODE OF ETHICS
The following Code of Ethics is hereby adopted by the Board to
govern and as a guide for the conduct of licensed doctors of optometry in the
practice of optometry in this state. Each licensed doctor of optometry
shall:
| (a) |
keep the visual or
optometric welfare of the patient uppermost at all times; |
| (b) |
promote in every possible way the better
care of the health needs of the citizens of this state; |
| (c) |
enhance continuously his educational and
technical proficiency to the end that his patients shall receive the benefits
of all acknowledged improvements in visual care; |
| (d) |
see that no worthy person shall lack for
optometric care regardless of the financial status of the person; |
| (e) |
advise each patient whenever consultation
with an optometric colleague or referral for other professional care seems
advisable; |
| (f) |
hold in professional
confidence all information concerning a patient and use such data only for the
benefit of the patient; |
| (g) |
conduct
himself as an exemplary citizen; |
| (h) |
maintain his office and practice in
harmony with true professional standards: |
| (i) |
maintain and promote cordial and useful
mutual relationships with members of his profession and other professions for
the interchange of information for the advantage of mankind; |
| (j) |
refrain from any exaggeration of a
patient's condition. |
