§30-8-4 Registration prerequisite to practice of optometry; exceptions.
§30-8-4. Registration prerequisite to practice of optometry; exceptions.
No person shall practice or offer to practice optometry in this state without first applying for and obtaining a certificate of registration for such purpose from the West Virginia board of optometry; but the following persons, firms and corporations are exempt from the operation of this article, except as hereinafter provided:
(a) Persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathy;
(b) Persons, firms and corporations who sell eyeglasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of business on prescriptions from persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice either optometry or medicine and surgery;
(c) Persons, firms and corporations who manufacture or deal in eyeglasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of business, and who neither practice nor attempt to practice optometry.