There is hereby created a board to be known as “board of dispensing opticians,” referred to as “board” in this chapter, constituted as set out and with the duties and powers provided in this chapter. The board shall consist of five (5) members. No member shall be eligible to serve more than three (3) consecutive […]
“Practice of dispensing opticians” means the preparation, adaptation and dispensing of lenses, spectacles, eye glasses and optical devices to the intended user thereof on the written prescription of a physician or optometrist duly licensed to practice the physician’s or the optometrist’s profession and the dispensing of frames as a unit or individually to the intended […]
Any person who is a citizen of the United States and of good moral character, and who is eighteen (18) years of age or over and who has satisfactorily completed not less than two (2) years of the prescribed course of a school for dispensing opticians recognized by the board or who has had practical […]
It is unlawful for a dispensing optician to act as the agent or representative of any physician or optometrist on any account. The board has the power and it is hereby its duty to suspend for a specified period of time to be determined by the board in its discretion or to revoke or otherwise […]
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed so as to require an employee of a licensed physician or licensed optometrist to secure a license under this chapter or otherwise be subject to this chapter, so long as the employee remains an employee of the licensed physician or the licensed optometrist entitled to practice that […]
The board shall, in its discretion, renew such licensee’s certificate of fitness upon application made in due form and upon payment of all required fees. Every licensed dispensing optician must, on or before December 31 of each year, submit satisfactory proof of the licensee’s attendance at an education program or programs approved or conducted by […]
Each year, each and every licensed dispensing optician shall pay to the secretary-treasurer of the board an annual renewal fee to be fixed by the board. The secretary of the board shall notify the holder of each license that the renewal fee is due, and the failure to pay such renewal fee by any license […]
All fees coming into the possession of the board shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer and become a part of the general fund. The commissioner of finance and administration shall make allotments out of the general fund for the proper expenditures of the board, and no expenditure shall be made by […]
The secretary shall keep an accurate record of the minutes of the meetings of the board and shall keep an accurate and complete register showing the names and addresses of all persons to whom licenses or certificates to practice as dispensing opticians have been issued by the board. The secretary of the board shall be […]
Any person who practices as a dispensing optician as defined in this chapter without first complying with this chapter or who violates any of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. Each time any person practices as a dispensing optician without meeting all the requirements of this chapter and of any other law, a compliance […]
The board of dispensing opticians may suspend or revoke the license of, or otherwise discipline, any dispensing optician who is found guilty by the board of the violation of this chapter or of the code of ethics and standards of practice for dispensing opticians established by the board in accordance with this chapter; provided, that […]
