Idaho § 54-1515 - Limitations on application of chapter
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§ 54-1515. Limitations on application of chapter
A license to practice optometry, as provided in this chapter, is not required for the following practices:
1. Practice by persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery.
2. The sale of eyeglasses or spectacles in or from a store, shop, or other permanently established place of business on prescription from persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice either optometry or medicine and surgery, by persons, firms and corporations who neither practice nor attempt to practice optometry.
3. The sale of ready-to-wear glasses equipped with convex spherical lenses, or sunglasses equipped with plano lenses, or industrial glasses or goggles with plano lenses used for industrial or agricultural eye protection, when the same are sold as merchandise and where the selection of the glasses is at the discretion of the purchaser, by persons, firms and corporations who neither practice nor attempt to practice optometry nor use in the testing of the eye therefor lenses other than the lenses actually sold, and who neither give nor offer spectacles or eyeglasses as premiums.
[54-1515, added 1972, ch. 91, sec. 2, p. 179.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54-1515 ("Limitations on application of chapter") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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