32 §2421. Licensure required
Title 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 34-A: OPTOMETRISTS
Subchapter 3: LICENSURE HEADING: PL 1993, C. 600, PT. A, §151 (RPR)
§2421. Licensure required
1. Licensure required. An individual may not practice optometry in this State without first obtaining a license from the board, but this chapter does not apply to individuals already licensed to practice medicine within this State.
[ 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §152 (NEW) .]
2. Penalty. An individual who practices optometry in violation of subsection 1 commits a Class E crime. The State may bring action in Superior Court to enjoin an individual from violating subsection 1 regardless of whether proceedings have been or may be instituted in District Court and regardless of the status of criminal proceedings.
[ 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §152 (NEW); 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §78 (AMD); 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §80 (AFF) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1973, c. 788, §156 (NEW). 1993, c. 600, §A152 (RPR). 1999, c. 547, §B78 (AMD). 1999, c. 547, §B80 (AFF).