Exemptions

Ark. Code Ann. § 17-90-102 — under Optometrists.

Ark. Code Ann. § 17-90-102

(1) This chapter does not:(1) Apply to physicians and surgeons nor to persons who sell eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, contact lenses, frames, mountings, or prisms at wholesale on individual prescriptions to optometrists, physicians, and surgeons;(2) Prohibit the sale of ready-made eyeglasses and spectacles when sold as merchandise at any established place of business where no attempt is made to practice optometry; or(3) Apply to the practice of optometry through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the optometrist has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.

(1) Apply to physicians and surgeons nor to persons who sell eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, contact lenses, frames, mountings, or prisms at wholesale on individual prescriptions to optometrists, physicians, and surgeons;

(2) Prohibit the sale of ready-made eyeglasses and spectacles when sold as merchandise at any established place of business where no attempt is made to practice optometry; or

(3) Apply to the practice of optometry through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the optometrist has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.