2014 Virginia Code
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
§ 54.1-1508. Optical prescriptions, ocular refraction, etc


VA Code § 54.1-1508 (2014) What's This?

Nothing in this chapter shall authorize an optician, or anyone else not otherwise authorized by law, to make, issue, or alter optical prescriptions, or to practice ocular refraction, orthoptics, or visual training, or to fit contact lenses except on the prescription of an ophthalmologist or optometrist and under his direction, or to advertise or offer to do so in any manner.

1954, c. 237, § 54-398.27; 1964, c. 101; 1988, c. 765, § 54.1-1705; 2012, cc. 803, 835.

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