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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES |
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Chapter 30. OPTOMETRISTS |
| § 43-30-1. Definitions |
| § 43-30-2. Creation of board; composition; qualifications of members |
| § 43-30-3. Terms of office for board members; vacancies |
| § 43-30-4. Election of board officers; rules, regulations, and bylaws as to board's proceedings; meetings |
| § 43-30-5. Adoption of rules and regulations by board generally; restrictions on practice locations for doctors of optometry |
| § 43-30-5.1. Advertising requirements |
| § 43-30-6. Certificate of registration required |
| § 43-30-6.1. Display of license or certificate of registration |
| § 43-30-7. Certification and registration requirement; comity; qualifications examination |
| § 43-30-8. Biennial registration; educational programs for optometrists; forfeiture of certificate upon failure to comply; reinstatement of certificate |
| § 43-30-9. Refusal or revocation of certificates; appeals |
| § 43-30-10. Appeal from board decisions |
| § 43-30-11. Agency representative to determine contested cases; judicial review |
| § 43-30-12. Unlicensed practice as constituting a nuisance; injunction |
| § 43-30-13. Construction of chapter |
| § 43-30-14. Practicing optometry without a license |
| § 43-30-15. Termination |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 43 Chapter 30 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Professional corporations generally, T. 14, C. 7. Patient access to eye care, T. 31, C. 1, A. 2. Discrimination against licensed optometrists by state agencies or public officials in suggestions or recommendations for visual care, § 45-11-9.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry, Chapter 430-1.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
CITED in Mabry v. State Bd. of Exmrs. in Optometry, 190 Ga. 751, 10 S.E.2d 740 (1940).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BOARD MAY NOT REQUIRE LICENSED OPTOMETRIST TO JOIN STATE ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 508.
BOARD MAY NOT PRESCRIBE EQUIPMENT NOR PERSONNEL TO BE EMPLOYED BY PRACTICING OPTOMETRISTS. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 502.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 24 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 89 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 61 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 18 et seq., 60 et seq.
Am. Jur. Trials. --Laser Eye Surgery Litigation, 88 Am. Jur. Trials 265.
C.J.S. --15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 266 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 398, 614, 615. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1063. 16C C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1351 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 15 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 49 et seq. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 79 et seq., 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
ALR. --Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 ALR 834; 42 ALR 1226; 118 ALR 646.
Constitutionality of statutes and validity of regulations relating to optometry, 98 ALR 905; 22 ALR2d 939.
Right of corporation, or individual not himself licensed, to practice optometry through licensed employee, 102 ALR 343; 128 ALR 585.
What constitutes practice of "optometry", 88 ALR2d 1290; 77 ALR3d 817.
Liability of optometrist or optician for malpractice, 51 ALR3d 1273.
Medical malpractice: when limitations period begins to run on claim for optometrist's malpractice, 70 ALR4th 600.
What constitutes practice of "optometry", 82 ALR4th 816.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry, Chapter 430-1.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
CITED in Mabry v. State Bd. of Exmrs. in Optometry, 190 Ga. 751, 10 S.E.2d 740 (1940).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BOARD MAY NOT REQUIRE LICENSED OPTOMETRIST TO JOIN STATE ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 508.
BOARD MAY NOT PRESCRIBE EQUIPMENT NOR PERSONNEL TO BE EMPLOYED BY PRACTICING OPTOMETRISTS. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 502.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 24 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 89 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 61 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 18 et seq., 60 et seq.
Am. Jur. Trials. --Laser Eye Surgery Litigation, 88 Am. Jur. Trials 265.
C.J.S. --15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 266 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 398, 614, 615. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1063. 16C C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1351 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 15 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 49 et seq. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 79 et seq., 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
ALR. --Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 ALR 834; 42 ALR 1226; 118 ALR 646.
Constitutionality of statutes and validity of regulations relating to optometry, 98 ALR 905; 22 ALR2d 939.
Right of corporation, or individual not himself licensed, to practice optometry through licensed employee, 102 ALR 343; 128 ALR 585.
What constitutes practice of "optometry", 88 ALR2d 1290; 77 ALR3d 817.
Liability of optometrist or optician for malpractice, 51 ALR3d 1273.
Medical malpractice: when limitations period begins to run on claim for optometrist's malpractice, 70 ALR4th 600.
What constitutes practice of "optometry", 82 ALR4th 816.