Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 5-35.1 - Optometrists
Section 5-35.1-6. - Issuance, registration, and display of certificate of license to practice optometry.

§ 5-35.1-6. Issuance, registration, and display of certificate of license to practice optometry.
Every applicant who complies with the provisions of this chapter shall receive from the director under his or her seal a certificate of license entitling him or her to practice optometry in this state. Every person to whom a certificate of license is issued by the department shall keep that certificate displayed in a conspicuous place in the office or place of business where that person practices optometry and, whenever required, shall exhibit the certificate to any authorized representative of the department.
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.