Title 52, Occupations and Professions

Except as provided in ORS 676.347, a person may not engage in the practice of optometry or purport in any way to be an optometrist or an expert in the field of optometry without having first obtained a license from the Oregon Board of Optometry as provided for in ORS 683.010 to 6…

ORS 683.010 to 683.340 may not be construed: (1) To prevent any person duly licensed to practice medicine and surgery from treating or fitting glasses to the human eye; (2) To prohibit the sale of complete ready-to-wear eye glasses as merchandise from a permanent place of busines…

No official, board, commission or other agency of the state or of any of its political subdivisions or municipalities shall discriminate between duly licensed optometrists and any other person authorized by law to render professional services which a duly licensed optometrist may…

(1) Every person desiring to commence the practice of optometry in this state must show satisfactory evidence of graduation from a school of optometry that is approved by the Oregon Board of Optometry and that maintains a standard of four school years of at least nine months each…

(1) Any person who has signified to the Oregon Board of Optometry a desire to be examined by it and who has filed proof that the person is qualified under ORS 683.010 to 683.340 and the rules of the board to take the examination shall pay a fee to be determined by the board. The …

Each applicant, without discrimination, who meets the requirements for examination and licensure and who pays the fee shall be issued a certificate of licensure. The certificate of licensure shall continue in force for the period established by the Oregon Board of Optometry. [Ame…

Any person holding an unrevoked certificate issued under chapter 139, Oregon Laws 1905, as amended, shall be entitled to continue the practice of optometry as though it were issued under ORS 683.010 to 683.340 and such certificate shall be subject to renewal, revocation and suspe…

(1) Before engaging in the practice of optometry each optometrist shall notify the Oregon Board of Optometry in writing of the address of the place or places where the optometrist is to engage or intends to engage in the practice of optometry and the optometrist also shall notify…

Any optometrist who temporarily practices optometry outside or away from the regular registered place of business shall deliver to each customer or person there fitted or supplied with glasses a receipt which shall contain the signature and show the permanent registered place of …

(1) Each optometrist who practices in this state shall on the date established by the Oregon Board of Optometry pay a license fee, as determined by the board, for a renewal of the license of the optometrist and shall have such license conspicuously posted in the office of the opt…

Any university or college of optometry in Oregon, which is recognized and approved by the Oregon Board of Optometry, may operate a clinic in conjunction therewith. Any optometrist licensed in another state, while a professor or instructor in such a college, may sign optometric pr…

(1) The Oregon Board of Optometry may discipline as provided in this section any optometrist or person, where appropriate, for the following causes: (a) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor where such an offense bears a demonstrable relationship to the duties of an optometrist. …

(1) Where the Oregon Board of Optometry proposes to refuse to issue a license, or proposes, where written charges have been filed with the board which the board considers sufficient to warrant a hearing, to impose any disciplinary sanction or civil penalty under ORS 683.140, oppo…

(1) Any information that the Oregon Board of Optometry obtains under ORS 683.140 is confidential as provided under ORS 676.175. (2) Any person who in good faith provides information to the board shall not be subject to an action for civil damages as a result thereof. [1989 c.438 …

Any disciplinary sanction, other than civil penalty, imposed for any of the causes listed in ORS 683.140, except those specified in ORS 683.140 (1)(a) and (b), may be set aside upon application of the affected person at any time within six months from the date of such sanction up…

A person may not: (1) Sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, any license issued by the Oregon Board of Optometry. (2) Purchase or procure by barter any such license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder’s qualification to practice optometry. (3) Alter the license w…

(1) No person other than a licensed optometrist shall accept or offer to accept for purposes of duplication any ophthalmic lens ordinarily used before the human eye for corrective purposes or for assisting vision. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, any manufactur…

(1) Optometrists utilizing pharmaceutical agents shall be held to the same standards of liability as persons licensed as physicians to practice medicine and surgery by the Oregon Medical Board under ORS chapter 677. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 683.010 (3), an optometrist may remove s…

(1) All optometrists licensed in the State of Oregon are and shall be required to satisfactorily complete courses of study and satisfactorily continue their education by other means as determined by the Oregon Board of Optometry in subjects relating to the practice of the profess…

The Oregon Board of Optometry may grant to an applicant a license by endorsement for the practice of optometry in the State of Oregon if the applicant: (1) Holds a license for the practice of optometry obtained by examination in another state of the United States. Any discipline …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Eye examination” means an assessment of a patient’s ocular health and visual status, including but not limited to objective refractive data or information generated by an automated testing device, such as an autorefractor, that is used to establi…

(1)(a) The Council on Optometric Nontopical Formulary is established and shall consist of seven members appointed as follows: (A) One member of the Oregon Board of Optometry appointed by the Oregon Board of Optometry; (B) One member who is a pharmacist licensed by the State Board…

(1) The Oregon Board of Optometry operates as a semi-independent state agency subject to ORS 182.456 to 182.472, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The board consists of five members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner prov…

(1) A person may not be a member of the Oregon Board of Optometry if the person is a stockholder in, or owner of, or a member of the faculty of or of the board of trustees of any school of optometry. (2) A member of the board may not be financially interested in any purchase or c…

The powers and duties of the Oregon Board of Optometry are as follows: (1) To organize and elect from its membership a president and vice president of the board, each of whom shall hold office for one year, or until the election and qualification of a successor. (2) To adopt and …

The lapse, suspension or revocation of a license by operation of law, by order of the Oregon Board of Optometry or by decision of a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee, shall not deprive the board of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation o…

(1) All moneys received by the Oregon Board of Optometry under ORS 683.010 to 683.340 shall be deposited into an account established by the board as provided under ORS 182.470. Moneys deposited into the account hereby are appropriated continuously to the board and shall be used o…

ORS 58.345 does not apply to professional corporations engaged in the practice of optometry. [1985 c.103 §16] (Enforcement)

(1) Upon the complaint of any citizen of this state, or upon its own motion, the Oregon Board of Optometry may investigate any alleged violation of ORS 683.010 to 683.340. (2) In the conduct of investigations, the board may: (a) Take evidence; (b) Take the depositions of witnesse…

The Attorney General, the prosecuting attorney of any county or the Oregon Board of Optometry, in its own name, may maintain an action for an injunction against any person violating any provision of ORS 683.020, 683.180 or 683.190. An injunction may be issued without proof of act…

(1) Any health care facility required to be licensed under ORS 441.015 and any licensed optometrist shall and any other person may report suspected violations of ORS 683.010 to 683.155 and 683.170 to 683.290 by optometrists. (2) Any information provided to the board pursuant to t…

Unless state or federal laws relating to confidentiality or the protection of health information prohibit disclosure, an optometrist who has reasonable cause to believe that a licensee of another board has engaged in prohibited conduct as defined in ORS 676.150 shall report the p…

As used in ORS 683.520 to 683.530, “dispensing optician” means a person who prepares and dispenses lenses, eyeglasses and appurtenances thereto to the intended wearers thereof on written prescriptions from a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677 or an optometrist and, in accor…

Any dispensing optician may fabricate any ophthalmic lens in conformity with the signed prescription, or oral instruction followed by a written prescription, of any optometrist or person duly licensed to practice medicine in this state. Any dispensing optician may supply any opht…

Notwithstanding ORS 683.190, a dispensing optician may accept or offer to accept for purposes of duplication any ophthalmic lens, excluding any contact lens, when the optician is presented with a whole lens by the person requesting the duplicate lens. [1993 c.516 §2]

No official, board, commission or other agency of this state or any political subdivision or municipality in the state shall discriminate between dispensing opticians and any other persons authorized by law to render professional services that a dispensing optician may render, wh…

Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 683.010 to 683.340 is a Class A misdemeanor. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §408; 2005 c.379 §5] _______________

As used in this chapter: (1) “Active senior” means a person who: (a) Is licensed under ORS 684.054; (b) Is at least 60 years of age; and (c) Has been in practice for 25 years or more. (2) “Chiropractic” is defined as: (a) That system of adjusting with the hands the articulations …

(1) Without first complying with the provisions of this chapter, no person shall: (a) Practice or attempt to practice chiropractic. (b) Buy, sell or fraudulently obtain a diploma or license to practice chiropractic, whether recorded or not. (c) Use the title “Chiropractic,” “D.C.…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 684.107, it is unlawful for any person to practice chiropractic in this state unless the person first obtains and maintains an active license, as provided in this chapter. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a student of chiropracti…

(1) This chapter does not prevent a person licensed under ORS 684.054 from the administration of the anesthetics or antiseptics authorized in ORS 684.010 or the use of radiopaque substances administered by mouth or rectum necessary for Roentgen diagnostic purposes. (2) Neither th…

Chiropractic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal regulations relating to the control of contagious and infectious diseases, sign reports of live birth and death, and report all matters pertaining to public health to the proper health officers the sa…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with any other method or science of healing in this state. [Formerly 684.120] LICENSING

(1) A person applying for a license to practice chiropractic in this state shall apply to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners on a form and in the manner prescribed by the board. The application must be accompanied by the following nonrefundable fees: (a) An application fee…

(1) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall conduct examinations for a license to practice chiropractic in this state according to the method deemed to be the most practicable to test the applicant’s qualifications. (2) The board shall give an examination on subjects desc…

In lieu of an examination in any or all required subjects, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may accept a passing grade on a test administered by a national testing agency approved by the board if the test is no less strict than a test administered under ORS 684.050. [196…