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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 320 OPTOMETRISTS
320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions.
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320.290. (2) A license to practice optometry shall not be required by physicians or osteopaths currently licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy at any place in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky. (3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit persons from fitting, adjusting, or dispensing visual aid glasses or other lenses or appurtenances if the fitting,
adjusting, or dispensing is done upon the written prescription of a currently licensed
optometrist, physician, or osteopath, nor shall this chapter be construed as requiring
these persons to be licensed under this chapter. Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 3.
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