(a) A licensed optometrist may: (1) Use the title 'optometrist'; (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; (3) If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404 of this subtitle, use the title 'diagnostically certified optometrist'; and (4) If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404.1 of this subtitle, use the title 'therapeutically certified optometrist'. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensed optometrist may not attach to the optometrist’s name or use as a title: (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 (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'.
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