(a) As used in this subchapter, a person practices optometry who, by any means or methods, other than by the use of drugs, conducts any one or more of the following practices and procedures: (1) the examination of the human eye and the eyelid for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, excluding the lacrimal gland, or […]
It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice optometry in the Virgin Islands, or to use any title, abbreviation, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is practicing optometry, except as provided in this subchapter.
(a) Any person desiring to practice optometry in the Virgin Islands shall first obtain a license to do so in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) A license issued pursuant to this subchapter for the practice of optometry shall be issued for a period of two years.
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
Fees for examination and license certificates shall be as follows: Examination License Certificate Optometrists____ $50.00 $5.00 All fees shall be paid in accordance with regulations issued by the Board or incorporated in its bylaws. Any person, upon showing of proper justification, or who fails to pass the required examination, shall be admitted to one re-examination […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
