Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 29 - Dispensing Opticians
- § 43-29-1 - Purpose of Chapter
This chapter is enacted in the exercise of the police powers of the state. Its purposes generally are to protect the public health, welfare,...
- § 43-29-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Board" means the State Board of Dispensing Opticians. (2) "Dispensing optician" means, subject to Code Section...
- § 43-29-3 - Creation of Board; Members; Election of Officers; Meetings; Powers and Duties
(a) There is created the State Board of Dispensing Opticians, which board shall supervise the practice of dispensing opticians and enforce this chapter, which...
- § 43-29-4 - Board Records and Seal
(a) The board shall have an official seal and shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of persons whose licenses have...
- § 43-29-5 - Jurisdiction of Board
The board shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the enforcement of this chapter over all persons engaged in business as dispensing opticians, whether licensed or...
- § 43-29-6 - Rules and Regulations; Violation As Grounds for Revocation of License
The board is authorized to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter for the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter. The...
- § 43-29-7 - License Requirement; Qualifications of Applicants; Subjects to Be Tested on Examination; Issuance and Display of License
(a) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice the trade or occupation of dispensing optician, as defined in this chapter, shall, before...
- § 43-29-8 - Examination; Effect of Failure of Two Examinations
(a) An applicant applying for a license to practice the trade or occupation of dispensing optician shall be required to pass a board approved...
- § 43-29-9 - Reciprocity
Any person who has been duly licensed to practice as a dispensing optician in any state of the United States which has a standard...
- § 43-29-10 - Registration; Fee; Reinstatement
All persons practicing as dispensing opticians shall register with the division director and shall pay a biennial registration fee in an amount determined by...
- § 43-29-11 - Continuing Education Requirement; Waiver; Effect of Failure to Complete Required Course Hours
(a) Each person who holds a license as a dispensing optician shall be required to complete ten hours of continuing education prior to each...
- § 43-29-12 - Refusal or Revocation of Certificates of Registration
The board shall refuse to issue its certificate of registration and may revoke its certificate of registration issued to any person who is not...
- § 43-29-13 - Appeal From Decisions of Board
Any person whose license has been revoked or suspended by the board may appeal to the superior court of the county of domicile of...
- § 43-29-14 - Duties When Dispensing Contact Lenses; Restrictions; Qualified Dispensing Optician As Engaging in Lawful Trade or Occupation
(a) Dispensing opticians who dispense contact lenses shall instruct the wearer at the time the lenses are delivered to return to the prescribing and...
- § 43-29-15 - Advertising
It shall be lawful for a dispensing optician to advertise, provided that such dispensing optician does not advertise in any manner that would tend...
- § 43-29-16 - Splitting Fees or Costs
It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician, either directly or indirectly, to participate in any manner in the division, assignment, rebate, splitting, or...
- § 43-29-17 - Sale of Nonprescription Glasses; Manufacture and Sale of Artificial Eyes
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the sale of spectacles for reading purposes, toy glasses, goggles, or sunglasses consisting of plano...
- § 43-29-18 - Construction of Chapter
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or permit any person to hold himself out as being able, or to offer,...
- § 43-29-19 - Payment of Fees in Advance; Restriction on Paying Out Funds and Creating Expenses
All fees provided for in this chapter shall be paid in advance to the division director. No funds shall be paid out unless authorized...
- § 43-29-20 - Unlicensed Practice As Public Nuisance; Injunctions
The practice of the profession of dispensing optician is declared to involve activities affecting the public interest and involving the health and safety and...
- § 43-29-21 - Penalty
Any person who shall practice the trade or occupation of dispensing optician, as defined in this chapter, without first complying with this chapter or...
- § 43-29-22 - Termination
Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, ยง 24, effective July 1, 1992.
Last modified: October 14, 2016