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Each licensed doctor of optometry shall:</P> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(a)">(a)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> keep the visual or optometric welfare of the patient uppermost at all times;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(b)">(b)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> promote in every possible way the better care of the health needs of the citizens of this state;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(c)">(c)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> enhance continuously his educational and technical proficiency to the end that his patients shall receive the benefits of all acknowledged improvements in visual care;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(d)">(d)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> see that no worthy person shall lack for optometric care regardless of the financial status of the person;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(e)">(e)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> advise each patient whenever consultation with an optometric colleague or referral for other professional care seems advisable;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(f)">(f)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> hold in professional confidence all information concerning a patient and use such data only for the benefit of the patient;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(g)">(g)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> conduct himself as an exemplary citizen;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(h)">(h)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> maintain his office and practice in harmony with true professional standards:</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(i)">(i)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> 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;</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="430-3-.01(j)">(j)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> refrain from any exaggeration of a patient's condition.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </HTML> </div> <div id="toc" class="sidebar noprint"> <ul id="toc-children" class="children"><li><a href="/GAC/430-3-.01" name="430-3-.01" title="430-3-.01">Rule 430-3-.01 Code of Ethics</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <!--content ends here--> <div id="footer" class="noprint"><span class="footer">Copyright &copy; 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