§ 54.1-1700. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Board" means the Board for Opticians.
"Licensed physician" means any person licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery.
"Optician" means any person, not exempted by § 54.1-1701, who prepares or dispenses eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related appurtenances, for the intended wearers or users, on prescriptions from licensed physicians or licensed optometrists, or as duplications or reproductions of previously prepared eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related appurtenances; or who, in accordance with such prescriptions, duplications or reproductions, measures, adapts, fits, and adjusts eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or appurtenances, to the human face.
"Licensed optician" means any person who is the holder of a license issued by the Board for Opticians.
"Licensed optometrist" means any person authorized by Virginia law to practice optometry.
(1954, c. 237, § 54-398.2; 1988, c. 765.)
Sections: 54.1-1700 54.1-1701 54.1-1702 54.1-1703 54.1-1704 54.1-1705 54.1-1706 NextLast modified: April 16, 2009