2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,134 — Practice of optometry; sections, how construed.

Section 71-1,134
Practice of optometry; sections, how construed.

The practice of optometry under sections 71-1,133 to 71-1,136.09 shall not be construed to:

(1) Include merchants or dealers who sell glasses as merchandise in an established place of business or who sell contact lenses from a prescription for contact lenses written by an optometrist or a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery and who do not profess to be optometrists or practice optometry as defined in section 71-1,133;

(2) Restrict, expand, or otherwise alter the scope of practice governed by other statutes; or

(3) Include the performance by an optometric assistant, under the supervision of a licensed optometrist, of duties prescribed in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department upon recommendation of the Board of Optometry.

Source:

Laws 1927, c. 167, § 112, p. 487

C.S.1929, § 71-1602

R.S.1943, § 71-1,134

Laws 1979, LB 9, § 2

Laws 1998, LB 369, § 2

Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 30

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska