{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-occupations-11-403","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health Occupations § 11–403","heading":"","body":"(a) A licensed optometrist may:\n(1) Use the title “optometrist”;\n(2) If the optometrist holds the degree of doctor of optics or doctor of optometry from a college or university authorized to give the degree, use the title “Doctor” or the abbreviations “Dr.” or “O.D.” with the optometrist’s name;\n(3) If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404 of this subtitle, use the title “diagnostically certified optometrist”; and\n(4) If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404.1 of this subtitle, use the title “therapeutically certified optometrist”.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensed optometrist may not attach to the optometrist’s name or use as a title:\n(1) The words or abbreviations “Doctor”, “Dr.”, “M.D.”, “physician”, or “surgeon”, or any other word or abbreviation that suggests that the optometrist practices medicine; or\n(2) Any word or abbreviation that suggests that the optometrist treats diseases or injuries of the human eye, including the words “eye specialist”, “eyesight specialist”, “oculist”, or “ophthalmologist”.","path":["Article - Health Occupations"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gho\u0026section=11-403","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:58Z","sha256":"5c97bfac5f9939f458050b5a9973d282393f888cd88a0a248da2b29e962fd6fb","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-occupations-11-402","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-occupations-11-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}