Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 5-35.1 - Optometrists
Section 5-35.1-13. - Board of optometry — Appointment of members.

§ 5-35.1-13. Board of optometry — Appointment of members.
The director shall appoint a board of optometry. The board shall consist of five (5) members, all of whom shall be residents of the state, four (4) of whom shall be licensed optometrists engaged in the practice of optometry for at least five (5) years prior to their appointment, and there shall be one public member. The members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years; each member may serve a maximum of two (2) consecutive full terms.
History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 2.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 5 - Businesses and Professions

Chapter 5-35.1 - Optometrists

Section 5-35.1-1. - Definitions.

Section 5-35.1-2. - Qualifications to practice optometry.

Section 5-35.1-3. - Application for examination and license.

Section 5-35.1-4. - Fee for license.

Section 5-35.1-5. - Registration of optometrists from other states.

Section 5-35.1-6. - Issuance, registration, and display of certificate of license to practice optometry.

Section 5-35.1-7. - Renewal of license to practice optometry.

Section 5-35.1-8. - Use of title of doctor.

Section 5-35.1-9. - Acts constituting unlawful practice of optometry.

Section 5-35.1-10. - Unlawful sale of spectacles.

Section 5-35.1-11. - Freedom of choice for eye care.

Section 5-35.1-11.1. - Subcontracted optometry network.

Section 5-35.1-12. - Use and prescription of pharmaceutical agents for ocular conditions — Optometrists training and certification.

Section 5-35.1-13. - Board of optometry — Appointment of members.

Section 5-35.1-14. - Board — Compensation of members.

Section 5-35.1-15. - Receipts.

Section 5-35.1-16. - Minimum examination of patient.

Section 5-35.1-17. - Persons exempt from requirements.

Section 5-35.1-18. - Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license for unprofessional conduct.

Section 5-35.1-19. - Construction of glass lenses — Violations — Penalty.

Section 5-35.1-20. - Penalty for violations.

Section 5-35.1-21. - Prosecution of violations.

Section 5-35.1-22. - Rules and regulations.

Section 5-35.1-23. - Severability.