§ 1701. Legislative findings The Legislature finds and declares that the public health, safety, and welfare of the State of Vermont requires the exercise of the authority of this State to safeguard the people of Vermont and further that the right to practice optometry is a privilege conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of […]
§ 1702. Short title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Vermont Optometry Practice Act.” (Added 1979, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 1703. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the State Board of Optometry. (2) The “practice of optometry” means any one or combination of the following practices: (A) Examining the human eyes and visual system for purposes of: (i) diagnosing refractive and functional ability; or (ii) diagnosing the presence of eye and […]
§ 1704. Penalties A person who obtains a license by fraud or misrepresentation or who practices or attempts to practice optometry or hold himself or herself out as being able to do so in this State without first having obtained the license required by this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided in 3 […]
