(a) (1) Licensed or registered opticians under this chapter may utilize apprentice dispensing opticians to engage in ophthalmic dispensing as defined in this chapter under their direct personal physical supervision and at the same location where the licensed or registered person dispenses. (2) However, no licensed or registered dispensing optician shall supervise more than three […]
(a) It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician or person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or dispensing regular or safety ophthalmic materials to fill or duplicate an ophthalmic prescription without having a written prescription signed by the licensed optometrist or licensed physician skilled in disease of the eye who conducted the examination […]
All ophthalmic materials, including eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or other optical devices or materials or parts thereof, sold in the State of Arkansas must conform to standards of quality as promulgated by the American National Standards Institute, commonly known as “Z-80.1 standards”, or any standards later set forth in a rule promulgated by the Arkansas Board […]
(a) No licensed or registered dispensing optician or other person in this state shall establish more than two (2) ophthalmic dispensing branch offices in addition to his or her principal office unless he or she shall have first secured a branch office permit from the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians. (b) (1) With board approval, […]
It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician or any person engaged in ophthalmic dispensing in this state, or anyone on their behalf, to knowingly or willfully engage in any fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising. Any of the following practices shall be deemed to be fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising: (1) The use in any […]
(a) Any advertisement made by, for, or in behalf of any ophthalmic dispensing firm or any dispensing optician in this state, by newspaper, magazine, handbill, circular, radio, television, billboard, sign, or other means or forms of advertisement, except goodwill advertising as determined by the State Board of Optometry, shall cause to have printed thereon, or […]
(a) (1) Any person violating the provisions of § 17-89-405 or § 17-89-406 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to the fines and penalties provided by law. (2) Each advertisement in violation of § 17-89-405 or § 17-89-406 shall be a separate offense, and each day on […]
(a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person or legal entity to conduct an office or place of business in this state where ophthalmic dispensing services are offered or performed unless that person or entity shall have first secured an office permit from the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians pursuant to board rule for […]
