The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-07

State of Florida desiring to be ex-
amined by said Board must fill out
such application furnished by the
Board. said application to be furnish
ed by the Board on written request.
being made at least sixty days prior
to the holding of an examination.
Before taking such examination the
applicant shall pay for the use of
said Board in defraying the legiti-
mate expenses thereof, the sum of
twenty-five (S25.00) Dollars, if a res
ident of the State of Florida. and the
sum of Fifty $4,000 Dollars If a
nonresident of the State of Florida.
and if such person shall success
fully pass such examination. he shall
then pay for the use of said Board
as aforesaid. the further sum of
Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dollars, upon
the issuance to him of a certificate
signed by the President and Secre-
tary of said Board. An Optometrist
registered in the State of Florida
may open a branch Office in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act
upon the payment of the sum of Ten
($10.0O Dollars, and the issuance of
a permit for such branch office,
signed by the President and Secre-
tary of the Board.
Sec IL Any certificate of regis
tration granted by said Board as
aforesaid, or issued as a renewal or
by reissue, may be revoked by said
Board. if the person to whom issued,
after at least thirty 900 days no.
tice of a time and place of hearing
before said Board. and given an OPP
portunity to be heard. shall be
found guilty by the Board of gross
immoral conduct in the practice of
his profession as an OptometriSt. or
who has been convicted of a felony,
or that they be addicted to habitual
intemperance in the use of intOXicat-
ing stimulants. beverages, or mar
cOtic drugs, or found to have be-
come incompetent as an OptOmetrist,
or afflicted with contagious disease,
or found guilty of unprOfesSional con-
duct. or who has secured his GER
tificate of registration through de-
ceit or fraud. or of the violation of
any of the provisions of this Act,
or any rules or regulations, or or
ders promulgated by the said Board.
"UnprofeSSiOnal conduct for the
purpose of this Act shall be defined
to mean any conduct of a character
likely to deceive or defraud the pub
lie including among other things,
free examination advertising, price
advertising. billboard advertising,
ly or indirectly, whether printed,
radio. display. or of any nature
which seeks to solicit practice of any
installment payment or price plan;
the loaning of his, or her, certificate
or license by any Registered Optom-
etrist to any person; the employ
ment of "cappers" or "steerers" TO
obtain business. "splitters," or di-
viding a fee with any person or per-
nh n IKN1F Of
compensation by fraud or misrepre-
sentation; the employing either di-
rectly or indirectly any suspended or
unlicensed Optometrist to perform
any work covered by this Act: and
the advertising by any means what
soever of treatments or advice in
which untruthful improbable, mis-
leading. or impossible statements are
made. and shall apply to all per-
sons, including. Optometrists. 1t
shall be unlawful for any person
licensed to practice Optometry under
the provisions of this Act to adver-
tise, practice. or attempt to prac-
tice under a name other than his
own except as an associate of or
an assistant to- an Optometrist Ii
censed under the laws of the State
of Florida. and it shall be likewise
unlawful for any corporation, lay
body, organization. group, or lay in
dividual to engage, or undertake to
engage in, the practice of Optometry
through means of engaging the serv-
ices. upon a salary, commission, or
lease basis. or by other means or
inducement, any person licensed to
practice Optometrv in the State of
Florida. Likewise it shall be unlaW-
full for any Optometrist licensed I'M
der the provisions of this Act to I'M
dertake to engage in the practice
of OptOmetry with any organization,
group or lay individual excepting
that this shall not prohibit the en-
ployment by or the forming of part
nershipS between OptometriSts duly
licensed in the State of Flroida. and
further excepting any registered OPP
tometrist now engaged in the prac-
tice of Optometry with a corpora
ton. lay body. organization, group or
lay individual providing that upon
the termination of his present con-
tract or agreement he shall be pro-
hibited from engaging with any 9TH
err corporation, lay body. organiza-
ton, group or lay individual. Pro-
vided. further that after one year.
upon application and proof that the
disqualification has ceased, the
Board may at it's discretion rein
state such an Optometrist. No OPP
tometrist shall practice Optometry
in any temporary offices, apart from
a regularly established office, under
the penalty of revocation of certifi-
cate of registration providing, how
ever. that a registered Optometrist
NAV establish a branch office in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
Act if such branch office be duly
equipped with the instruments neces-
Sary to make complete Optometric
examination as NAV be determined
by said Board. and provided further
that such branch office is in personal
and direct charge of a registered OPP
tometrist.
Sec. II. Testimony by any OPP
tOmetrist registered in the State of
Florida at any trial or hearing held
in the State under the laws of the
State of Florida relative to the dag
nosis of the human eye and its APP
pendages or any visual. muscular.
neurological or anatomic anamoIies
of the human eyes and their appen-
dages of any person or persons shall
be considered qualified expert evil
dence and testimony in any such
trial or hearing. Certificates of oc-
cular and visual diagnosis, acuity
and efficiency issued by any regis
tered Optometrist of this State shall
be accepted as qualified evidence of
the ocular and visual diagnosis. ac-
uity and efficiency of the persons to
whom said certificates shall relate.
Any agency of the State or County,
or any commission, clinic, or board
administering relief, social security,
health insurance or health service
under the laws of the State of Flor
ida shall accept the services of OPP
tometrists registered in this State
for the purpose of diagnosing and
correcting any and all viscual, mus
cular. neurological and anatomic
anomalies of the human eyes and
their appendages of any persons I'M
der the jurisdiction of said agency,
clinic commission, or board admin
istering such relief, social security,
health insurance or health service