Massachusetts § 73I - Unlicensed practice as dispensing optician; penalties
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 73I — Unlicensed practice as dispensing optician; penalties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73I. Unlicensed practice as dispensing optician; penalties
Section 73I. Whoever, not being duly licensed as a dispensing optician, compounds and dispenses, at retail, prescriptions of physicians or optometrists for eyeglasses and lenses or makes duplicates thereof at retail, or holds himself out as a dispensing optician as defined in section seventy-three C, or violates any other provision of sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the board, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 73I ("Unlicensed practice as dispensing optician; penalties") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. 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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