Any person who shall directly or indirectly engage in the practice of ophthalmic dispensing or hold himself or herself out to the public as being able so to do, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter relating to ophthalmic dispensing, or having had his or her license suspended or revoked shall continue to engage in the practice of ophthalmic dispensing, or who directly or indirectly employs, permits or authorizes an unlicensed person to engage in the practice of ophthalmic dispensing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
Effective: July 14, 2000

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 326.990

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Ophthalmic dispensing: means that a person prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or appurtenances thereto to the intended wearers on written prescriptions from licensed physicians, osteopaths, or optometrists, and in accordance with these prescriptions, interprets, measures, adapts, fits, and adjusts the lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or appurtenances thereto to the human face for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the human eyes. See Kentucky Statutes 326.010
  • Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. — Created
1954 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 16, effective June 17, 1954.

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