Sec.20-128-6. Patient records  


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  • In the practice of his profession each licensed optometrist shall keep an adequate chart or record on file for each patient examined by him. He shall make a complete minimum examination and shall keep a record from actual tests made on each patient, which record shall show the following minimum conditions:

    (1) Complete history and symptoms;

    (2) habitual visual acuities;

    (3) external examination, including motility tests;

    (4) ophthalmoscopic examination recording description of all media and grounds, nervehead and vascular tree;

    (5) phoria tests vertical and horizontal for near and far;

    (6) tests for fusion near and far;

    (7) keratometer (ophthalmometer) readings;

    (8) refraction obtained retinoscopically;

    (9) refraction obtained subjectively including tests for astigmatism and axis;

    (10) amplitudes of accommodation, convergence and divergence;

    (11) disposition of case and prescription with corrected visual acuities right eye, left eye, both eyes, including facial measurements.