ND Optometry Jurisprudence study plan

Map every controlled act and prescriptive authority in the optometry statute to the corresponding regulation, noting where the two diverge.

Define the statutory definitions section term by term, writing your own one-line gloss for each defined term.

Classify ten common clinical scenarios (e.g., topical steroid for uveitis, oral antibiotic for hordeolum, plus lens for keratoconus) as within scope, conditional, or outside scope with the citation basis.

Identify the statutory boundaries on prescribing authority, including any drug schedules, duration limits, or post-surgical restrictions.

Trace how the practice act delegates rulemaking to the board and list three examples where board rules fill a statutory gap.

Compare the statutory scope language against the board's rules on diagnostic and therapeutic privileges, recording every mismatch.

Explain the statutory hierarchy (statute, regulation, board policy or guidance) and state which source controls when they conflict.

Draft answers to five scope questions phrased as a patient or colleague might actually ask them.

Sequence the full licensure pathway from application through examination, licensure, and first renewal, listing every required document and deadline.

Itemize continuing education requirements by category, hour count, cycle length, and any subject-specific mandates.

Diagram the board's composition, appointment method, quorum, and the statutory grounds for removal of a member.

Distinguish the board's investigative, prosecutorial, and adjudicative functions and note where separation is required.

Convert the statutory standard of care into observable clinical behaviors, listing at least eight concrete practice expectations.

Specify the required content, retention period, and custodian rules for patient records, including what happens to records when a practice closes.

Apply the confidentiality rules to five release-of-records scenarios (subpoena, insurance audit, family request, minor patient, emergency), deciding release or refusal with reasoning.

Identify the statutory exceptions to patient confidentiality and the documentation each exception requires.

Draft a defensible informed-consent conversation for three procedures (contact lens fitting, dilation, therapeutic prescribing), naming risks, alternatives, and the refusal option.

Differentiate informed consent from mere disclosure and identify the statutory elements that must be documented.

Describe the process for managing a patient who declines recommended care, including the documentation trail.

List the professional-conduct prohibitions (fee splitting, kickbacks, impaired practice, abandonment) and match each to its disciplinary consequence.

State the advertising rules for truthful claims, testimonials, and use of titles, and flag five advertising statements that would violate them.

Explain the rules on fee disclosure, refunds, and the ownership or employment structures permitted for an optometric practice.

Trace a complaint from filing through investigation, notice, hearing, and appeal, naming each due-process right the licensee holds.

Distinguish the available disciplinary sanctions and the statutory factors that guide which sanction applies.

List every mandatory reporting obligation (e.g., impaired colleagues, suspected abuse, communicable disease where required) with the trigger, recipient, and timeframe for each.

Explain the immunity and penalty provisions attached to mandatory reporting and to good-faith complaints.

Rehearse the distinction between a mandatory report and a permissive one using four borderline scenarios.

Review the disciplinary domain's weakest subtopics and write ten original practice questions to expose remaining gaps.

Re-test the two heaviest domains under timed conditions and record accuracy by subtopic.

Re-derive the scope-of-practice decision tree and the records card from memory, then compare against your week 1 and week 4 deliverables.

Resolve every flagged ambiguity from weeks 2, 4, and 7 by locating the controlling provision.

Consolidate a one-page pre-exam summary organized by domain weight.