Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 420-4-.03 - 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 dispensing opticians in the practice of opticianry in this state. Each licensed optician shall:
(a) Keep the visual welfare of the customer
uppermost at all times;
(b) Promote
in every possible way the better care of the visual needs of the citizens of
this state;
(c) Enhance
continuously his/her educational and technical proficiency to the end that
his/her customers shall receive the benefits of all acknowledged improvements
in visual care;
(d) See that no
worthy person shall lack for opticianry service regardless of the financial
status of the person;
(e) Advise
each customer whenever consultation with an Optometrist or Ophthalmologist for
professional care seems advisable;
(f) Hold in confidence all information
concerning a customer and use such data only for the benefit of the
customer;
(g) Conduct
himself/herself 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; and
(j) Refrain from any exaggeration of a
customer's condition.
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