§ 5-35.1-8. Use of title of doctor.
Any person licensed to practice optometry under this chapter may prefix or append to his or her name the title of doctor or any abbreviation of the word doctor, provided that person holds a degree granted by a school or college of optometry authorized to grant this degree.
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.