Nebraska Statutes 38-2607. Practice of optometry; activities not included
The practice of optometry shall not be construed to:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-2607
- Board: means the Board of Optometry. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2603
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Include merchants or dealers who sell glasses as merchandise in an established place of business or who sell contact lenses from a prescription for contact lenses written by an optometrist or a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery and who do not profess to be optometrists or practice optometry;
(2) Restrict, expand, or otherwise alter the scope of practice governed by other statutes; or
(3) Include the performance by an optometric assistant, under the supervision of a licensed optometrist, of duties prescribed in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department, with the recommendation of the board.
Source
- Laws 1927, c. 167, § 112, p. 487;
- C.S.1929, § 71-1602;
- R.S.1943, § 71-1,134;
- Laws 1979, LB 9, § 2;
- Laws 1998, LB 369, § 2;
- Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 30;
- R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,134;
- Laws 2007, LB236, § 21;
- Laws 2007, LB463, § 879.