90-252. Engaging in practice without license.
Any person, firm or corporation owning, managing or conducting a store, shop or place of business and not having in its employ and on duty, during all hours in which acts constituting the business of opticianry are carried on, a licensed dispensing optician engaged in supervision of such store, office, place of business or optical establishment, or representing to the public, by means of advertisement or otherwise or by using the words, "optician, licensed optician, optical establishment, optical office, ophthalmic dispenser," or any combination of such terms within or without such store representing that the same is a legally established optical place of business duly licensed as such and managed or conducted by persons holding a dispensing optician's license, when in fact such permit is not held by such person, firm or corporation, or by some person employed by such person, firm or corporation and on the premises and in charge of such optical business, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1951, c. 1089, s. 19; 1981, c. 600, s. 17; 1993, c. 539, s. 644; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
Article 17 - Dispensing Opticians.
§ 90-234 - Necessity for certificate of registration.
§ 90-236 - What constitutes practicing as a dispensing optician.
§ 90-236.1 - Requirements for filling contact lens prescriptions.
§ 90-237 - Qualifications for dispensing opticians.
§ 90-239 - Organization, meetings and powers of Board.
§ 90-241 - Waiver of written examination requirements.
§ 90-243 - Registration of places of business, apprentices.
§ 90-244 - Display, use, and renewal of license of registration.
§ 90-245 - Collection of fees.
§ 90-248 - Compensation and expenses of Board members and secretary.
§ 90-249 - Powers of the Board.
§ 90-249.1 - Disciplinary actions.
§ 90-250 - Sale of optical glasses.
§ 90-251 - Licensee allowing unlicensed person to use his certificate or license.
§ 90-252 - Engaging in practice without license.
§ 90-253 - Exemptions from Article.