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320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions.
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No person shall practice optometry in this Commonwealth or hold himself or
herself out as being able to do so unless he or she is the holder of a license duly
issued to him or her by the board and registered in the manner provided by KRS
320.290.
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.
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.
Nothing in this chapter or in the administrative regulations promulgated by the
board pursuant to this chapter shall be interpreted to limit or restrict a licensed
health care practitioner or provider from engaging in the full scope of practice
authorized by the license for that person's profession, training, or services.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 3, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch.
183, sec. 3.
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