Chapter 459 — Chapter 459

§459-1.5 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Board" means the Hawaii board of optometry. "Director" means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. "Ophthalmic lens" means any spectacle lens that has a spherical, cylindrical, or prismatic power or value and is ground purs…

§459-10 Advertising, contents of. All advertising by a licensee which contains a price for specified ophthalmic goods or services shall contain the following information when appropriate:

§459-11 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §220.

§459-12 REPEALED. L 1984, c 7, §79.

§459-13 Exceptions. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to duly licensed physicians authorized to practice medicine under the laws of the State, nor to the commissioned officers of the United States Army Medical Corps on duty in the State. [L 1917, c 187, §12; RL 1925, §1123; RL …

§459-14 Penalty. Any person practicing optometry in violation of this chapter or any rule may be fined up to $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each separate violation, and each day of the violation shall constitute a separate offense. [L 1917, c 187, §1…

§459-15 REPEALED. L 1997, c 335, §3.

§459-16 REPEALED. L 2014, c 9, §9.

§459-2 Optometry; unauthorized practice, unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice optometry or to append the letters "O.D." or any other optometric degree to a person's name with the intent thereby to imply that the individual is a practitioner of optometry, with…

§459-3 Hawaii board of optometry; members, appointment, qualifications. There shall be a board to be known as the Hawaii board of optometry, for the State. The board shall consist of seven members, five of whom shall be licensed optometrists who have actually engaged in the pract…

§459-4 Powers and duties of the board. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board shall prescribe rules in harmony with this chapter, as may be necessary to carry out its legal responsibilities and duties, to do all things necessary or incidental to t…

§459-5 Records. The department of commerce and consumer affairs on behalf of the Hawaii board of optometry shall preserve a record of all applications for examination. The record shall also show whether applicants were rejected or licensed, and, if rejected, the reasons therefor.…

§459-6 Examinations, time of. Examinations shall be administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) at least once a year with additional examinations as the National Board of Examiners in Optometry deems necessary. The time and place of the examinations shall …

§459-7 Application; examination; reexamination; appeal; renewal; continuing education; license. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every person desiring to begin or to continue the practice of optometry, before beginning or continuing practice, upon presentation of…

§459-7.45 REPEALED. L 2004, c 46, §4.

§459-8 Conduct of examinations. Each applicant whose application is received by the board after December 31, 1986, shall pass all written examinations given by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Beginning January 1, 1991, each applicant shall also pass a practical (Pat…

§459-9 Refusal to permit examination or issue license; revocation and suspension of license; grounds for. In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the Hawaii board of optometry may refuse to admit persons to its examinations or to issue a license or may revoke or suspe…

§459-9.5 REPEALED. L 1985, c 224, §12.