Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 5-35.1 - Optometrists
Section 5-35.1-3. - Application for examination and license.

§ 5-35.1-3. Application for examination and license.
Every person desiring to be licensed to practice optometry as provided in this chapter shall file with the department, in the form prescribed by the department, an application presenting the facts that entitle the applicant to a license to practice optometry under this chapter. No one shall be permitted to practice optometry in this state without a valid license.
History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 9; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 9.

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.