Title 54, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

54-1506. LICENSE FEES. (1) All fees of any kind collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the division of occupational and professional licenses and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund and all costs and expenses in…

54-1508. STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY -- ORGANIZATION -- MEETINGS -- EXPENSES. (1) The board of optometry shall meet on or before September 15 of each year and select from its members a chairman and a secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The secretary shall keep th…

54-1509. STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY -- POWERS AND DUTIES. In order to protect the public in the practice of optometry, better enable members of the public to fix professional responsibility and further safeguard the doctorpatient relationship, the state board of optometry shall hav…

54-1510. REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- GROUNDS. Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to suspension, revocation or other discipline upon any of the following grounds pursuant to the procedures set forth in chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. All hea…

54-1514. PUBLICATION OF DIRECTORY AND LAW. The division of occupational and professional licenses shall each year make available the names and addresses of all licensed optometrists of the state of Idaho and the laws applicable to the practice of optometry.

54-1515. LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. A license to practice optometry, as provided in this chapter, is not required for the following practices: 1. Practice by persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery. 2. The sale of eyeglasses or…

54-1516. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF CHAPTER -- NURSES, SCHOOL TEACHERS OR WELFARE WORKERS. It is not the intent of this chapter to prevent any nurse, school teacher or welfare worker, employed in public service, from ascertaining the probable need of visual services, provided s…

54-1517. OPHTHALMIC LENS OR PRISM -- ACCEPTANCE FOR DUPLICATION BY OTHER THAN LICENSED OPTOMETRIST OR PHYSICIAN PROHIBITED -- EXCEPTION. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed optometrist or physician to accept or offer to accept for purpose of duplication any …

54-1518. DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES -- POWERS AND DUTIES. The division of occupational and professional licenses shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To accept applications for examinations and issue licenses to optometrists pursuant to requirem…

54-1519. EXAMINATIONS -- APPLICATIONS. Any person who shall desire to begin the practice of optometry in the state of Idaho shall file an application in his own handwriting on forms furnished by the board for an examination, which application shall state among other things, his c…

54-1520. LICENSE -- QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS -- ISSUANCE. (1) Every applicant for a license to practice optometry shall: (a) Not have been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is dee…

54-1521. CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS -- SUBJECT INCLUDED. Except as herein otherwise provided, each applicant shall be examined to determine his knowledge of the subjects essential to the practice of optometry. Examinations shall be written and practical, and shall include the requir…

54-1522. LICENSE -- RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT -- CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. (1) License renewal and reinstatement shall be in accordance with section 67-2614, Idaho Code. (2) Effective January 1, 2021, every holder of a license to practice optometry must be certified to use thera…

54-1523. FEES. Each applicant for examination or reexamination after failure in a former examination shall remit a fee as established by board regulation not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) with each application to the board.

54-1525. REFERRALS BY OPTICAL FIRMS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or dispensing any ophthalmic materials, in any manner to influence or attempt to influence any patron in the choice of an optometrist or physician…