§ 1313 - Exemptions
§ 1313. Exemptions
(a) Except as to the provisions of sections 1398 and 1399 of this title, this chapter shall not apply to persons licensed to practice osteopathy under chapter 33 of this title; or to persons licensed to practice chiropractic under the laws of the state; or to persons licensed under the laws in force prior to December 9, 1904, or to commissioned officers of the United States army, navy or marine hospital service, or to any person or persons giving aid, assistance or relief in emergency or accident cases pending the arrival of a regularly licensed physician or surgeon.
(b) This chapter shall not apply to a nonresident physician or surgeon who is called to treat a particular case in this state and who does not otherwise practice in this state, provided that such nonresident physician or surgeon is duly licensed where he resides and that the state of his residence grants the same privilege to duly licensed practitioners of this state. This chapter shall not prevent a nonresident physician or surgeon from coming into this state for consultation with a duly licensed practitioner herein, nor shall it prevent a duly licensed physician or surgeon of an adjoining state, or of the Dominion of Canada from coming into a town bordering thereon, in this state for the purpose of treating a sick or disabled person therein.
(c) The provisions of sections 1311 and 1312 of this title shall not apply to a person, firm or corporation that manufactures or sells patent, compound or proprietary medicines, that are compounded according to the prescription of a physician who has been duly authorized to practice medicine, or to the domestic administration of family remedies.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1313(d) of this title, no physician's assistant shall engage in the practice of optometry as defined in section 1601 of this title.
(f) [Expired.] (Amended 1971, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 34, § 14, eff. May 23, 2003.)