§ 5-35.1-23. Severability.
(a) If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
(b) The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter does not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
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 5-35.1-7. - 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 5-35.1-13. - 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.