§ 161m. Continuing education requirements for annual license renewal
(a) Every optometrist actively engaged in the practice of optometry in the Virgin Islands, shall submit satisfactory proof that he has attended, during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of registration, at least twelve (12) clock hours of continuing education (each year) as a prerequisite for the renewal of his license. The board shall […]
§ 161l. Construction of chapter; penalty for practice without a license
(a) No person shall engage in the practice of optometry in this territory unless such person has first obtained a license from the Department Health, but the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent a licensed optometrist from delegating optometric services to either a trained optometric assistant or to an optometric technician. Such delegated services […]
§ 161h. Issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Health; temporary licenses
The Board shall report its recommendations with respect to all applications to practice, including the results of all examinations, where such are required, to the Commissioner of Health who upon due consideration that all requirements have been met shall issue licenses to each qualifying applicant. On the recommendation of the Board, the Commissioner of Health […]
§ 161i. Privileges not conferred by license
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as conferring, on the holder of any license hereunder for the practice of optometry, the title of doctor, oculist, ophthalmologist, or any word or abbreviation indicating that he is engaged in the practice of medicine or surgery, or the treatment or diagnosis of diseases of or injuries to […]
§ 161j. Registration of licenses; annual fees, revocation or suspension
(a) Every person who obtains a license under the provisions of this subchapter, shall, within 30 days after issuance, register the license in the office of the Commissioner of Health. Thereafter such license shall be annually registered as a condition to further practice upon payment at the office of the Commissioner of Health of a […]
§ 161k. Exemption from subchapter
(a) The provisions of this subchapter, insofar as they relate to examinations and registrations of optometrists, shall not apply to duly commissioned or appointed optometrists in the service of the United States Government with respect to the performance of any official duties. (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the physicians or […]
§ 161c. Powers and duties of Board of Optometrical Examiners
The Board of Optometrical Examiners, as established under the provisions of section 415, Title 3 of this code, shall have the power and duty to— (1) recommend the issuance, suspension, revocation or reinstatement of licenses under this subchapter; and (2) adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions of […]
§ 161d. Application for license; qualifications
(a) Applications for license shall be sent to the Board and shall be accompanied by the prescribed examination fee and by satisfactory proof that the applicant— (1) is twenty-one years of age or over (birth certificate or similar evidence thereof); (2) is of good moral character as shown by at least two letters from qualified […]
§ 161e. Examinations
(a) The Board shall hold regular examinations twice a year in the Virgin Islands on the second Wednesday of June and November for admission to practice optometry. The examination shall cover all subjects as the Board prescribes; which, in accordance with accepted optometrical standards, are adequate and sufficient for proper evaluation of an applicant’s qualifications […]
§ 161f. Reciprocity
The Board may, under regulations or provisions of its bylaws, admit without examination legally qualified optometrists who hold certificates to practice optometry in any State which has educational requirements equal to those of the Virgin Islands and which extends like privileges to legally qualified optometrists from the Virgin Islands, upon the applicant paying the license […]