Arkansas Code Title 17, Subtitle 3, Chapter 90, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 17-90-101 - Definition -- Applicability.
  (a) (1) The "practice of optometry" means the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and management of conditions of the human eye, lid, adnexa, and visual system,...
• § 17-90-102 - Exemptions.
  Nothing in this chapter, except as expressly provided otherwise, shall apply to physicians and surgeons nor to persons who sell eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, contact...
• § 17-90-103 - Status of Profession.
  The practice of optometry is declared to be a learned profession, and the same rights, powers, and duties are declared to attach thereto as...
• § 17-90-104 - Unlawful Practice.
  The following acts are declared to be unlawful: (1) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; (2) For any optometrist, physician,...
• § 17-90-105 - Penalty -- Injunction.
  (a) (1) Any optometrist, physician, or surgeon or individual, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of...
• § 17-90-106 - Service of Process on Nonresident Practitioner.
  (a) (1) The performance by a nonresident person, firm, or corporation within this state of any act prohibited or authorized by the terms of...
• § 17-90-107 - Subpoenas.
  A subpoena is to be directed to the sheriff of any county where a witness resides or is found. It shall be served and...
• § 17-90-108 - Requirement to Provide Eyeglass Prescription.
  (a) (1) If at the completion of an ophthalmic examination by any licensed optometrist or by any physician who practices as an ophthalmologist in...
• § 17-90-109 - Regulation of Contact Lenses.
  (a) No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity located outside the State of Arkansas shall fill, ship, mail, or deliver through electronic mail,...
• § 17-90-110 - Limitation on Liability.
  Any optometrist or ophthalmologist who releases a contact lens prescription in accordance with § 17-90-108(a)(2) shall not be liable for any damages for injury...
• § 17-90-111 - Loans to Optometry Students.
  (a) The Department of Higher Education shall provide a loan from the Higher Education Grants Fund Account that is in excess of the Southern...

Last modified: November 15, 2016