Title 25, Professions And Occupations

§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…

[§459-14.5] Remedies or penalties cumulative. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this State. [L 1986, c 211, §6]

§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…

§459‑7.4 Therapeutically certified optometrists; scope; qualifications. (a) The use and prescription of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents as established by the board for the treatment and management of conditions of the anterior segment of the human eye, eyelids, and lacrimal sys…

[§459-7.5] Reciprocity. The board, by rules, shall provide for licensure of optometrists registered and licensed under the laws of any state or territory of the United States or any other jurisdiction with qualifications for licensure which equal or exceed those of this State. [L…

§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…

[§459-9.2] Revocation of license or denial of application to renew, restore, or reinstate a license based on conviction requiring registration as a sex offender; conditions. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board shall automatically revoke a license or deny an app…