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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 30. OPTOMETRISTS

43-30-5. Adoption of rules and regulations by board generally; restrictions on practice locations for doctors of optometry.

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  1. The board shall have the authority and power to adopt, establish, enforce, and maintain rules and regulations applicable to the practice of optometry adequate to put this chapter into effect and to regulate the practice of optometry as a profession in conformity with and in compliance with accepted professional standards; provided, however, the board shall not provide by rule to restrict the location of the practice of a licensed doctor of optometry, and any such rule now in effect shall be null and void.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 84-1110A, enacted by Ga. L. 1963, p. 214, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1278, § 3; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 32.

Administrative rules and regulations

Rules of the profession, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry, Chapter 430-1 et seq.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, page 937; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.