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AR Code § 17-89-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration|§ 17-89-305. Reciprocity

 (a) Any person who desires to provide ophthalmic dispensing services to the public as a licensed or registered dispensing optician in this state and who holds a current validated certificate of licensure or registry as a dispensing optician in a state whose requirements for licensure or registry are in the opinion of the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians at least equivalent to those of this state may at the discretion of the board be issued a certificate of licensure or a certificate of registry.  (b) The certificate may be issued without a written or practical examination upon payment of the fee prescribed in § 17-89-304(f) to the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians and upon satisfactory proof that the applicant:  (1) Is qualified under the provisions of this chapter;  (2) Has provided ophthalmic dispensing services to the public as a dispensing optician in the state of licensure or registration for a period of at least five (5) years for licensure or three (3) years for registration immediately before his or her application for reciprocity to this state; and  (3) Is licensed or registered in a state which grants like reciprocal privileges to opticians who hold certificates of licensure or registry issued by this state.
AR Code § 17-89-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration|§ 17-89-306. Dispensers from nonlicensing states

 (a) Any person from a nonlicensing state who desires to provide ophthalmic dispensing services to the public as a licensed or registered dispensing optician in this state, and who submits satisfactory evidence to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians that he or she meets the following requirements, shall be eligible for licensure or registry by the board.  (b) The applicant shall:  (1) Be qualified under the provisions of this chapter;  (2) Have been engaged in ophthalmic dispensing as described in § 17-89-102(4) for a period of:  (A) Five (5) years for applicants for licensure, of which no more than three (3) years may be while working in a qualified full-service optical laboratory approved by the board; or  (B) Three (3) years for applicants for registry, of which no more than one (1) year may be while working in a qualified full-service laboratory approved by the board immediately before the date of application;    (3) Successfully complete the written and practical examination for licensure or registry prepared and conducted by the board; and  (4) Have paid the fee prescribed in § 17-89-304(f) to the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians.
AR Code § 17-89-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration|§ 17-89-307. Certificates — Renewal

 (a) All licensed and registered opticians shall pay by July 1 of each year a fee established by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians to the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians as a renewal licensure or registry fee.  (b)  (1) Unless the fee is paid, certificates of licensure or registry issued under this chapter shall expire and become invalid at 12:00 midnight on July 1 of that year.  (2) Upon the payment of the renewal fee and in the absence of a board finding against renewal under this chapter, the person shall have his or her certificate of licensure or registry renewed for an additional year commencing on July 1 of that year.  (3) Any person licensed or registered under the provisions of this chapter who has not paid his or her renewal fee in full by July 1 of that year shall be required to pay a renewal penalty established by the board.
AR Code § 17-89-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration|§ 17-89-308. Continuing education program

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians may institute a program for continuing education for its licensees.  (b) The board may require proof of successful completion of its continuing education requirements as a condition for renewal of license, except that the board shall not require more than nine (9) clock hours of continuing education within any two-year period.  (c) Only courses approved by the board shall be acceptable for satisfying the continuing education requirements.  (d) The board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
AR Code § 17-89-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration|§ 17-89-309. Denial, suspension, or revocation — Grounds

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall revoke or suspend or refuse to issue or renew a license or registration of any dispensing optician for any violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rules promulgated by the board, including, but not limited to, the following:  (1) The applicant, licensee, or registrant obtaining a license or registration by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts;  (2) The applicant, licensee, or registrant engaging in conduct, including, but not limited to, engaging in the advertising practice commonly known as “bait and switch”, or establishing an ophthalmic dispensing business immediately adjacent to the office of a licensed optometrist or physician skilled in diseases of the eye in what is commonly known as a “side-by-side” operation, or engaging in the referral procedure commonly known as “capping and steering”;  (3) The applicant, licensee, or registrant being convicted of a felony listed under § 17-3-102;  (4) The applicant, licensee, or registrant violating any prohibitive provision under this chapter;  (5) The applicant, licensee, or registrant engaging in any fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising;  (6) The applicant, licensee, or registrant failing to qualify for the license or registration;  (7) The applicant, licensee, or registrant violating any other rule promulgated by the board; or  (8) The applicant, licensee, or registrant using any narcotic drug or alcohol which impairs his or her ability to perform the work of an ophthalmic dispenser.    (b) If after due notice and hearing a person licensed or registered as an optician or apprentice under this chapter is found to have violated this chapter, the board may impose any one (1) or more of the following sanctions:  (1) Suspension, revocation, or denial of the license or registration or the renewal thereof;  (2) A penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation;  (3) Place conditions or restrictions upon the person's license, registration, or practice; or  (4) Such other requirements or penalties as may be appropriate to the circumstances or the case, and which would achieve the desired disciplinary purposes, but which would not impair the public welfare and morals.    (c) Unless the penalty assessed under this section is paid within fifteen (15) days following the date for an appeal from the order, the board shall have the power to file suit in the Pulaski County Circuit Court to obtain the judgment for the amount of the penalty not paid.
AR Code § 17-89-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration|§ 17-89-310. Complaints — Hearings

 (a)  (1) Any person may file a complaint with the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians against any person providing ophthalmic dispensing services to the public or having a certificate of licensure or registry to practice ophthalmic dispensing in this state charging the person with having violated the provisions of this chapter.  (2) The complaint shall set forth specific charges in sufficient detail so as to disclose to the accused person fully and completely the alleged acts of misconduct for which he or she is charged.  (3) When the complaint is filed with the board, the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall mail a copy to the accused person by registered mail at his or her last address of record with a written notice of the time and place of hearing advising him or her that he or she may be present in person and with counsel, if he or she so desires, to offer evidence and be heard in his or her defense.    (b)  (1) At the time and place fixed for hearing before the board, the board shall receive evidence upon the complaint under consideration and shall accord the person against whom charges have been made a full and fair opportunity to be heard in his or her defense.  (2) The board shall not be bound by strict or technical rules of evidence but shall consider all evidence fully and fairly, provided that all oral testimony by the board must be taken under oath.  (3) All hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (4) All evidence considered by the board shall be construed so as not to deprive any person of his or her rights without a full, fair, and impartial hearing.  (5) The board may administer oaths and issue a subpoena for any witness or a subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of any books, records, papers, or documents pertinent to any matters coming before the board.
AR Code § 17-89-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-401. Employment of apprentice dispensing opticians

 (a)  (1) Licensed or registered opticians under this chapter may utilize apprentice dispensing opticians to engage in ophthalmic dispensing as defined in this chapter under their direct personal physical supervision and at the same location where the licensed or registered person dispenses.  (2) However, no licensed or registered dispensing optician shall supervise more than three (3) apprentices at a given time.    (b) Apprentices may be employed upon submission of an application for registration as an apprentice dispensing optician to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians and approval by the board and payment of a fee to the board in an amount to be determined by the board.
AR Code § 17-89-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-402. Written prescription required

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician or person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or dispensing regular or safety ophthalmic materials to fill or duplicate an ophthalmic prescription without having a written prescription signed by the licensed optometrist or licensed physician skilled in disease of the eye who conducted the examination from which the prescription was prepared.  (b) It shall also be unlawful for him or her to fail to comply with the written instructions when the instructions are included on a written prescription signed by a licensed optometrist or licensed physician skilled in disease of the eye.  (c) No change or alteration from the prescription of the prescribing optometrist or physician shall be made, except that changes may be made in tint or material of the lenses unless the changes are specifically prohibited on the written prescription.  (d) It is the specific intent of the General Assembly that this section supplement, not repeal, existing laws of Arkansas.
AR Code § 17-89-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-403. Standards for materials

 All ophthalmic materials, including eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or other optical devices or materials or parts thereof, sold in the State of Arkansas must conform to standards of quality as promulgated by the American National Standards Institute, commonly known as “Z-80.1 standards”, or any standards later set forth in a rule promulgated by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians.
AR Code § 17-89-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-404. Branch offices

 (a) No licensed or registered dispensing optician or other person in this state shall establish more than two (2) ophthalmic dispensing branch offices in addition to his or her principal office unless he or she shall have first secured a branch office permit from the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians.  (b)  (1) With board approval, the board shall promulgate rules establishing the branch office permit and the procedures for issuing, suspending, or revoking the branch office permit.  (2) The rules shall comply with the pertinent provisions of all existing state law.    (c) All businesses providing retail ophthalmic dispensing services, as defined in § 17-89-102(4), to the public must have physically present a licensed or registered dispensing optician within the place of business at the time the services are provided.  (d) Each optical dispensary in the State of Arkansas whose title does not contain the proper name of an Arkansas optometrist or Arkansas physician skilled in diseases of the eye or a licensed or registered dispensing optician holding a certificate of licensure or registry in the State of Arkansas must file a certificate of ownership each year with the board between June 1 and June 30. Each certificate of ownership must give the name and address of the dispensary, the optometrist or physician skilled in diseases of the eye, or licensed or registered dispensing optician or person who owns or maintains legal responsibility of the dispensary.
AR Code § 17-89-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-405. Fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising prohibited

 It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician or any person engaged in ophthalmic dispensing in this state, or anyone on their behalf, to knowingly or willfully engage in any fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising. Any of the following practices shall be deemed to be fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising:   (1) The use in any advertisement, whether by newspaper, magazine, circular, sign, billboard, radio, television, or any other printed, oral, or visual form of advertising, of a picture, drawing, or other illustration or format which conveys the impression or belief that the ophthalmic dispenser or dispensing optician firm provides eye examinations or is qualified to give complete eye care service, which may include eye examinations and the issuance of prescriptions for spectacles;  (2)  (A) The use of words or a format designed to convey or which results in conveying an impression that the ophthalmic dispensing firm or the dispensing optician is qualified to provide eye care service other than the services that are authorized by the laws of this state and rules promulgated pursuant thereto for ophthalmic dispensing in this state.  (B) For the purposes of this subsection, the use of the words “eye care”, “professional eye care”, or the use of such words as “providing experienced professionals trained to meet your eye care needs” and similar words or expressions in the advertisement shall be interpreted as being fraudulent, misleading, and deceptive, since these terms are normally accepted and understood to represent services that can be performed only by a licensed optometrist or a licensed physician;    (3) Failure to include in the advertisement the disclaimer provision required in § 17-89-406(a); and  (4) The use of any other advertising method which conveys a misleading or deceptive interpretation of the services that may be provided by a dispensing optician or by an ophthalmic dispensing firm in this state, within the limitations provided by law.
AR Code § 17-89-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-406. Disclaimer in advertisements required

 (a) Any advertisement made by, for, or in behalf of any ophthalmic dispensing firm or any dispensing optician in this state, by newspaper, magazine, handbill, circular, radio, television, billboard, sign, or other means or forms of advertisement, except goodwill advertising as determined by the State Board of Optometry, shall cause to have printed thereon, or stated in oral advertisements, the following disclaimer:  (b)  (1) In any printed advertisement, the disclaimer shall be printed in the same style, arrangement, and overall appearance of other printed material appearing within the advertisement, giving similar prominence to the disclaimer in the same size of type, style, arrangement, and overall appearance used in a majority of the written material in the advertisement.  (2) In oral advertisements, the disclaimer shall be depicted in a vocal presentation of the same volume, quality, and style as other portions of the oral advertisement are presented.      “This firm is not licensed to make eye examinations.”
AR Code § 17-89-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-407. Penalties — Enforcement

 (a)  (1) Any person violating the provisions of § 17-89-405 or § 17-89-406 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to the fines and penalties provided by law.  (2) Each advertisement in violation of § 17-89-405 or § 17-89-406 shall be a separate offense, and each day on which an advertisement in violation of § 17-89-405 or § 17-89-406 is made shall constitute a separate offense.    (b)  (1) The State Board of Optometry shall have the power to institute suit in the circuit court of the county in which a violation of § 17-89-405 or § 17-89-406 is alleged to have occurred to require enforcement by injunctive procedures and to recover costs of court and reasonable attorney's fees.  (2) The board shall not be required to execute or give a bond for cost, indemnity, or stay as a condition to the issuance of a restraining order or injunction, either temporary or permanent, in any court of this state.
AR Code § 17-89-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers|Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice|§ 17-89-408. Office permit

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person or legal entity to conduct an office or place of business in this state where ophthalmic dispensing services are offered or performed unless that person or entity shall have first secured an office permit from the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians pursuant to board rule for each such office or place of business.  (2) However, persons or entities identified in § 17-89-103 are exempt from this section.  (3) The office permit shall be prominently displayed in each office or place of business in this state where ophthalmic dispensing services are offered or performed.    (b) The office permit shall be renewed on or before July 1 of each year at a cost and pursuant to procedures to be determined by board rule.  (c) The board shall suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew an office permit for any violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rules promulgated by the board, including at least the following:  (1) The applicant, person, or legal entity obtains an office permit by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts;  (2) The applicant, person, or legal entity violates any prohibitive provision under this chapter;  (3) The applicant, person, or legal entity engages in any fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising;  (4) The applicant, person, or legal entity fails to qualify for the office permit; or  (5) The applicant, person, or legal entity violates any other rule promulgated by the board.    (d) After due notice and a hearing regarding a violation of this section, the board may impose any one (1) of the following sanctions:  (1) Suspension, revocation, or denial of the office permit renewal thereof;  (2) A penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation; or  (3) Such other requirements or penalties as may be appropriate to the circumstance or the case and which would achieve the desired disciplinary purpose but which would not impair the public welfare and morals.    (e) Unless the penalty assessed under this section is paid within fifteen (15) days following the date for an appeal from the order, the board shall have the power to file suit in the Pulaski County Circuit Court to obtain the judgment for the amount of the penalty not paid.
AR Code § 17-90-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-90-102. Exemptions

 This chapter does not:   (1) Apply to physicians and surgeons nor to persons who sell eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, contact lenses, frames, mountings, or prisms at wholesale on individual prescriptions to optometrists, physicians, and surgeons;  (2) Prohibit the sale of ready-made eyeglasses and spectacles when sold as merchandise at any established place of business where no attempt is made to practice optometry; or  (3) Apply to the practice of optometry through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the optometrist has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.
AR Code § 17-90-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-90-103. Status of profession

 The practice of optometry is declared to be a learned profession, and the same rights, powers, and duties are declared to attach thereto as attach to other learned professions.
AR Code § 17-90-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-90-105. Penalty — Injunction

 (a)  (1) Any optometrist, physician, or surgeon or individual, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (2) Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable as such.    (b)  (1) The violation of any provision of this chapter may be enjoined by the State Board of Optometry in the circuit courts of this state even though the violation may be punishable by fine, the intention of this chapter being to provide a speedy means of protecting the public which has not heretofore existed.  (2) The board shall not be required to execute or give a bond for cost, indemnity, or stay as a condition to the issuance of a restraining order or injunction, either temporary or permanent, in any court of this state.