Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, amplified optometrists of this state may use and prescribe pharmaceutical agents in the treatment of conditions of the human eye and its appendages, without the use of surgery or other invasive techniques; provided, that all qua…

The director shall appoint a board of optometry. The board shall consist of five (5) members, all of whom shall be residents of the state, four (4) of whom shall be licensed optometrists engaged in the practice of optometry for at least five (5) years prior to their appointment, …

No member of the board of optometry shall receive compensation for his or her attendance at meetings of the board.

The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.

Every person practicing optometry in accordance with the laws of this state shall, prior to prescribing eyeglasses, lenses, or spectacles make a minimum examination of the patient to determine existent visual defects and procedures for their correction. The degree of that minimum…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to physicians licensed to practice medicine under the laws of this state, or to persons engaged in optical work who do not conduct a retail or wholesale optical business.

In addition to any and all other remedies provided in this chapter, the director may, after notice and hearing in the director’s discretion, refuse to grant, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke any license provided for in this chapter to any person who is guilty of unprofessional…

(a) No person shall distribute, sell, or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless those eyeglasses or sunglasses are fitted with heat-treated glass lenses, plastic lenses, lamination lenses, or lenses made impact-resistant by other methods. The provisions of this subsection do…

Every applicant for licensure shall present satisfactory evidence in the form of affidavits properly sworn to that he or she: (1) Is of good moral character; and (2) Has graduated from a school or college of optometry that maintains a course in optometry of not less than four (4)…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than that set forth in § 23-1-54, or shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) months for each offense.

It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to prosecute every person who violates those provisions. Whenever a complaint is made by the department, or by any of its authorized agents of any violation of the provisions of this chapter, they …

The department, in addition to approving the examinations and licensing of optometrists, shall make rules and regulations governing the practice of optometry. The department shall have the power to revoke the license of any optometrist violating those rules and regulations.

(a) If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the applicati…

Every person desiring to be licensed to practice optometry as provided in this chapter shall file with the department, in the form prescribed by the department, an application presenting the facts that entitle the applicant to a license to practice optometry under this chapter. N…

Every applicant shall pay to the department a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 which shall accompany his or her application for a license.

Any person who presents evidence to the department that he or she is entitled to practice optometry in another state where requirements for registration are, in the opinion of the department, equivalent to those of this state, may be licensed in this state upon payment to the dep…

Every applicant who complies with the provisions of this chapter shall receive from the director under his or her seal a certificate of license entitling him or her to practice optometry in this state. Every person to whom a certificate of license is issued by the department shal…

Every licensed optometrist who desires to continue the practice of optometry shall attest to the completion of a prescribed course of continuing optometric education. He or she shall annually pay to the department a renewal fee. An additional fee shall be charged to the licensee …

Any person licensed to practice optometry under this chapter may prefix or append to his or her name the title of doctor or any abbreviation of the word doctor, provided that person holds a degree granted by a school or college of optometry authorized to grant this degree.

No optometrist licensed by and practicing in this state may: (1) Use or occupy space for that practice under any oral or written lease, contract, arrangement, or understanding with anyone (other than with another optometrist licensed by, and practicing in this state) by which the…