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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-1-2. Use of flammable materials in prescription eyeglass and sunglass frames; delivery of completed products; penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-1-2. Use of flammable materials in prescription eyeglass and sunglass frames; delivery of completed products; penalty.

(a) No person shall distribute, sell, exchange, deliver, or have in his possession with intent to distribute, sell, exchange, or deliver in this state any prescription eyeglass frame or prescription sunglass frame containing any form of cellulose nitrate or other highly flammable material.

(b) Optical offices, manufacturing companies, or laboratories which prepare lenses for prescription eyeglasses or sunglasses, including industrial safety eyewear, and which perform mechanical work upon inert materials in the preparation of such eyeglasses or sunglasses shall in every case deliver the completed product of their efforts only to the physician, optometrist, or licensed dispensing optician who ordered the work performed.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows: the first offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.00; each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00.

## History

Code 1933, §§ 92A-1901, 92A-9931, enacted by Ga. L. 1970, p. 30, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 746, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 515, §§ 1, 2.

## Cross References

Dispensing opticians, § 43-29-1 et seq.

Optometrists, § 43-30-1 et seq.

Medical Practice Act, § 43-34-20 et seq.