New Jersey Statutes 52:17B-41.1. Purpose of act; “ophthalmic appliances and lenses” defined; exemptions; prohibited acts
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:17B-41.1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
For the purposes of this act, ophthalmic appliances and lenses are defined as those employed for the aid or protection of human vision or for the correction of defects of human vision.
Physicians and optometrists, duly licensed to practice medicine and optometry in this State, are specifically exempt from the provisions of this act.
A person registered under the provisions of this act is specifically prohibited from engaging in the practice of ocular refraction, orthoptics, visual training, or fitting contact lenses; or the prescribing of subnormal vision aids or telescopic spectacles, in his own behalf or as an employee or student of another, whether under the personal supervision of his employer or preceptor or not.
No person not licensed to practice medicine or optometry in this State shall directly or indirectly, for himself or others, do or engage in any act or practices specifically prohibited to duly registered ophthalmic dispensers and ophthalmic technicians by the provisions of this act.
L.1952, c. 336, p. 1076, s. 1.