OR Optometry Jurisprudence study plan
OR Optometry Jurisprudence · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 683 - Optometrists (scope of practice, licensure, discipline)
Read ORS Chapter 683 in full and outline the statutory sections that define optometric scope of practice, licensure requirements, and grounds for discipline
Summarize the statutory definitions in ORS 683 and distinguish them from the corresponding definitions in OAR Chapter 852
List every statutory ground for license denial, suspension, or revocation and paraphrase each in your own words
Map which statutory sections are implemented by which administrative rules to build a statute-to-rule crosswalk
Your checkpoint
A one-page statute-to-rule crosswalk table covering all of ORS 683, with each section tagged to its implementing OAR provision or marked 'no implementing rule'
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 683 - Optometrists (scope of practice, licensure, discipline)
Analyze the statutory scope-of-practice provisions and identify what optometrists may and may not do under Oregon law
Compare the statutory disciplinary grounds with the unprofessional conduct definitions in OAR 852
Draft fact patterns for three plausible scope-of-practice violations and identify the specific statute each would violate
Recite from memory the licensure pathways and their statutory prerequisites
Your checkpoint
A written scope-of-practice summary with at least eight 'may do / may not do' statements, each cited to a specific ORS section
Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 852 - Board of Optometry rules (licensure, renewal, continuing education)
Read OAR Chapter 852 in full and outline licensure, renewal, and continuing education requirements
Build a timeline of renewal deadlines, late fees, and continuing education audit triggers
Identify the specific continuing education hour requirements, accepted categories, and documentation standards
Note every place where the administrative rule adds detail beyond what the statute requires
Your checkpoint
A renewal and continuing education compliance checklist covering deadlines, hour requirements, accepted categories, and audit documentation
Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 852 - Board of Optometry rules (licensure, renewal, continuing education) & Standards of practice: recordkeeping, informed consent, patient abandonment, referral and co-management
Translate the recordkeeping rules into a model patient record structure that would satisfy a board audit
Draft a compliant informed consent script for a common optometric procedure
Write a referral and co-management letter template that documents the division of responsibility
Define patient abandonment and identify the practice steps that prevent it
Your checkpoint
A standards-of-practice toolkit containing a model record checklist, an informed consent script, and a referral/co-management letter template
Prescription and pharmaceutical authority, including controlled substances and legend drugs
Distinguish prescriptive authority for legend drugs from authority for controlled substances under Oregon law
Identify the schedule classifications, prescribing limits, and documentation requirements that apply to controlled substances in optometric practice
Outline the requirements for prescription writing, including oral versus written prescriptions and record retention
List the pharmaceutical agents optometrists may prescribe and the statutory or rule basis for each category
Your checkpoint
A pharmaceutical authority reference sheet distinguishing legend drug and controlled substance rules, with citations to the governing statute or rule for each requirement
Advertising, fee splitting, and professional conduct / unprofessional conduct & Impaired practice, mandatory reporting, and patient confidentiality (HIPAA and state privacy law)
Identify what constitutes prohibited advertising and fee splitting under Oregon law and the board rules
Classify ten sample conduct scenarios as professional or unprofessional and cite the governing authority for each
Outline the mandatory reporting obligations that apply to impaired practice and the protections for a practitioner who self-reports
Summarize the interaction between HIPAA and Oregon privacy law for optometric records, including permitted disclosures
Your checkpoint
A conduct and confidentiality decision guide with a scenario classification table and a summary of mandatory reporting triggers
Board complaint, investigation, and disciplinary process; hearing rights under the Administrative Procedures Act
Trace the board complaint process from intake through investigation, notice, and hearing
Map the procedural rights guaranteed by the Administrative Procedures Act to each stage of the disciplinary process
Distinguish contested case hearings from other board actions and identify the appeal path
Draft a timeline of the disciplinary process with the practitioner's rights and deadlines at each stage
Your checkpoint
A disciplinary process flowchart with a companion timeline listing practitioner rights and response deadlines at each procedural stage
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 683 - Optometrists (scope of practice, licensure, discipline) & Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 852 - Board of Optometry rules (licensure, renewal, continuing education) & Standards of practice: recordkeeping, informed consent, patient abandonment, referral and co-management & Prescription and pharmaceutical authority, including controlled substances and legend drugs & Advertising, fee splitting, and professional conduct / unprofessional conduct & Impaired practice, mandatory reporting, and patient confidentiality (HIPAA and state privacy law) & Board complaint, investigation, and disciplinary process; hearing rights under the Administrative Procedures Act
Review all prior deliverables and consolidate them into a single indexed reference document
Complete timed practice questions across all seven domains and log every missed item with its governing authority
Re-read the statutory sections and rules you flagged as weak during the prior seven weeks
Self-test on the highest-weight domains until you can state the key rules without notes
Your checkpoint
A consolidated indexed reference document plus a scored practice test log with every missed item traced to a specific ORS section or OAR rule
Milestones
Week 2: Can state the statutory scope of practice and at least six grounds for discipline from memory, each with a correct ORS citation
Week 4: Can complete the renewal and continuing education checklist from memory and produce a compliant patient record structure without reference to notes
Week 6: Scores at least 80 percent on a mixed set of questions covering pharmaceutical authority, advertising and fee splitting, and confidentiality
Week 8: Scores at least 85 percent on a full-length timed practice test, with no domain scoring below 70 percent