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MA Gen L ch 112 § 69 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 69 - Annual License Fees; Revocation of Certificate; Renewal of Registration, Educational Requirement

Section 69. Every registered optometrist shall, annually, before February first, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, in default of which the board may revoke his certificate and his authority to practice optometry thereunder, after a hearing as provided by section seventy-one; but the payment of said fee at or before the time of the hearing, with such additional sum as determined under the aforementioned provision, shall remove the default. An optometrist duly registered and licensed to practice in this commonwealth, whose license has not been revoked, but who shall have temporarily retired from practice or removed from the commonwealth for not exceeding five years, and shall have notified the board of such retirement or removal, may register upon paying the lapsed annual license fees and filing with the board his affidavit as to the facts aforesaid.  Every optometrist registered under the provisions of this chapter shall, as a condition of continuation of his registration, present to the board, on or before February first in each year on such form as it may provide, evidence satisfactory to the board that in the preceding year he attended an educational conference or pursued an educational program within the commonwealth, in conformity with such requirements relating thereto as the board may from time to time establish by regulation.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 70 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 70 - Recording of Certificate of Registration in Optometry by City or Town Clerk; Fees; Display of Certificate

Section 70. Every person to whom a certificate of registration has been granted shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city or town where he principally carries on the practice of optometry; and if he removes his principal office from one city or town to another in the commonwealth, he shall, before engaging in practice in such other city or town, notify the board in writing of the place where he is to engage in practice, and obtain from the clerk of the city or town where his certificate is recorded a certified copy thereof and file the same with the clerk of such other city or town. The fee for recording such certificate or issuing a certified copy thereof shall be as provided by clause (57) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. Every registered optometrist shall display his certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in the principal office wherein he practices optometry, and shall, whenever so required, exhibit it to said board or its authorized representative; and whenever practicing optometry outside of or away from his principal office or place of business, he shall deliver to each customer or person fitted with glasses by him a memorandum of purchase, containing his signature, home post office address and the number of his certificate of registration, together with a specification of the lenses and frames or mountings furnished and the price charged therefor.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 71 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 71 - Refusal to Grant Certificate in Optometry; Revocation or Suspension; Hearing; Notice; Renewal

Section 71. The board may refuse to grant a certificate of registration to any applicant found guilty of fraud in making application or taking an examination for registration. The board may revoke or suspend any certificate of registration for unprofessional conduct, for fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in practice or in advertising, for conviction of crime, for habitual drunkenness for six months immediately before the charges are made, for gross incompetence, or for violation of any rule or regulation made under section sixty-seven; provided, that before any action is taken the accused party shall have written notice of the charges against him and of the day appointed for a public hearing thereon, which shall be at least five days after the service of such notice. At such hearing the accused shall have an opportunity to produce testimony in his own behalf and to confront the witnesses against him. Three members of the board shall be a quorum for any such hearing. Witnesses at hearings before the board shall testify on oath, and may be sworn by any member thereof. The board may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents at any such hearing. Whenever the certificate of any registered optometrist is revoked or suspended, such certificate shall be returned to the board, on demand, and the secretary of the board shall give notice of such revocation or suspension to the clerk of the town wherein the principal office of such optometrist is located, and the clerk shall record the revocation or suspension on the records of his office. Where the right of any person to practice has been revoked as herein provided, the board may, after the expiration of one year, receive an application for a renewal of the right to practice, and upon such new application it may grant such a renewal.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 72 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 72 - Name of Optometric Practice

Section 72. Optometrists may practice and advertise under a trade or service name; provided however, that the names of the optometrist or optometrists are prominently displayed at all locations of their practice, in all print advertisements that identify the location or locations where optometric services are provided, and in the optometrist's examining room. The name of the optometrist actually responsible for the provision of such optometric services shall be included in the same type as the address of the location; and provided, further, that the name of the optometrist shall also be printed on any prescription form.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 72a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 72a - Unlawful Practice of Optometry; Violation of Rules and Regulations; Penalties

Section 72A. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice optometry, practices optometry, or holds himself out as a practitioner of, or as being able to practice, optometry, or whoever personates another practitioner, or violates any other provision of sections sixty-six to seventy-three, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made under authority thereof, shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished for the first offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both; and for a subsequent offence, by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three nor more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73 - Application of Secs. 66 to 72a

Section 73. Sections sixty-six to seventy-two A, inclusive, shall not apply to physicians and surgeons lawfully entitled to practice medicine in the commonwealth, or to persons who neither practice nor profess to practice optometry, but who sell spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses, either on prescription from such physicians or surgeons, or from optometrists authorized to practice in the commonwealth, or as merchandise from permanently located and established places of business when not sold for the purpose of correcting defective vision; nor shall said sections prevent the widow or widower of a registered optometrist, or the wife or husband of a registered optometrist who is incapacitated, from continuing the practice of optometry under a registered optometrist. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any such physician or surgeon from taking an examination and receiving a certificate of registration under section sixty-eight, nor shall this section and sections sixty-six to seventy-two A, inclusive, authorize any person to administer drugs in any form, to practice or claim to practice medicine or surgery in any sense, or to use any title or appellation intended or calculated to indicate the practice of medicine or surgery.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73a - Advertisements for Sale Price of Eyeglasses, Contact Lenses or Eyeglass Frames; Restrictions; Violations; Penalties

Section 73A. Persons may advertise the sale price of eyeglasses, contact lenses or eyeglass frames provided they shall not include in any newspaper, radio, display sign or other advertisements any statement of a character tending to deceive or mislead the public, or, any statement which in any way misrepresents any material or service or credit terms, or, any statement containing the words ''free examination of eyes'', ''free advice'', ''free consultation'', ''consultation without obligation'', or any other words or phrases of similar import which convey the impression that eyes are examined free. Any advertisement offering contact lenses, eyeglasses, or eyeglass frames at a fixed price shall include a statement which indicates that said price does not include eye examination and professional services. Such statement shall indicate whether said price includes lens and, if so, the type of lens, single vision, bi-focal or tri-focal and the strength thereof, low, medium or high.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both, and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three nor more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73b - Practice of Optometry on Premises Selling Eyeglasses, Lenses or Frames; Unauthorized Receipt of Fees From Practice of Optometry

Section 73B. No person shall practice optometry on premises not separate from premises whereon eyeglasses, lenses or eyeglass frames are sold by any other person; nor shall any person practice optometry under any lease, contract or other arrangement whereby any person, not duly authorized to practice optometry, shares, directly or indirectly, in any fees received in connection with said practice of optometry. For the purposes of this section, any room, suite of rooms or area in which optometry is practiced shall be considered separate premises if either (a) it has a separate and direct entrance from a street, public corridor or area available to the public, whether or not it has an entrance from any other room or area in the same building; or (b) (i) the space is definite and distinct from space occupied by other occupants of the premises, (ii) all signs and displays concerning the optometric office are separate and distinct from that of the other occupants of the premises and have the name of the doctor of optometry and the words ''doctor of optometry'' prominently displayed in connection therewith, and (iii) a written notice, of a size and type reasonably expected to attract the attention of the public, shall be put in a conspicuous place where the public will be exposed to it, prior to or upon entrance thereto, which states that the doctor of optometry is independent from other occupants of the premises and identifies the location of the optometric office, if such office is not clearly visible by the public from such entrance.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73c - Dispensing Optician; Definition

Section 73C. A dispensing optician as referred to in sections seventy-three D to seventy-three L, inclusive, is a person who prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses and appliances thereto to the intended wearer thereof on written prescriptions from a duly registered physician or optometrist, and, in accordance with such prescriptions, interprets, measures, adapts, fits and adjusts such lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or appliances thereto to the human face for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the human eyes. The services, lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses and appliances shall be dispensed, furnished or supplied to the intended wearer or user thereof only upon prescription issued by such physician or optometrist and only after the dispensing optician has verified that any such lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses and appliances thereto conform to such prescription; but duplications, replacements, reproductions or repetitions may be done at retail without prescription, in which event any such act shall be construed as that of a dispensing optician as if performed on the basis of the original written prescription.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73d - Licensing of Dispensing Opticians

Section 73D. No person or corporation shall directly or indirectly engage in practice as a dispensing optician, unless he or the person employed by such corporation has been granted a license by the board of registration of dispensing opticians referred to in sections seventy-three E to seventy-three L, inclusive, as the board.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73e - Applications for Registration as Dispensing Optician; Examinations; Licenses; Fees; Exemption From Written Examination

Section 73E. Application for registration as a dispensing optician may be made by any citizen who pays a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and furnishes the board with proof that he has received at least three years training and experience in such dispensing under the personal supervision of a licensed dispensing optician, registered physician or optometrist, or that he has completed a regular day course of not less than twelve months or a regular night course of not less than eighteen months nor in any case less than six hundred hours in an approved school or college which maintains educational requirements satisfactory to the board. The board shall thereupon give such applicant a written or practical examination, or both, to determine whether he possesses the ability, knowledge and fitness properly to engage in practice as a dispensing optician. If the applicant passes such examination and has reached the age of eighteen years, he shall be granted a license signed by the chairman and secretary of the board; if he passes such examination and has not reached said age, he shall be granted such license when he is eighteen years of age.  Any applicant who fails to pass such examination shall be entitled to take additional examinations, and for each subsequent examination a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision shall be paid by such applicant.  Any person who shall have been a licensed or registered optician in another state and shall present to the board a copy of his certificate of registration or license, certified or attested under the seal by the board of registration of opticians or similar board in any other state where the requirements for registration are, in the opinion of the board, equivalent to those in this commonwealth, may be licensed as provided herein, without written examination, upon payment of a fee as determined under the aforementioned chapter seven provision; provided, that such state accords similar privilege to those holding licenses issued by this commonwealth; and provided, further, that the applicant shall not have previously failed to pass an examination required in this commonwealth within five years, and that he intends to reside and practice as a dispensing optician in this commonwealth. Every dispensing optician shall conspicuously display his license in his place of business or employment, and shall, whenever so required, exhibit it to the board or its authorized representatives.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73f - Records of Board of Registration of Dispensing Opticians; Annual Reports; Rules and Regulations

Section 73F. The board shall keep a record of the names of all persons examined and licensed by it and all moneys received and disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be open to public inspection in the office of the state secretary. The board shall make an annual report of its doings including a statement of its receipts and expenditures during the preceding year. The board shall make such rules and regulations consistent with law as may be necessary to administer sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73g - Dispensing Optician License Fees

Section 73G. Every licensed dispensing optician shall, biennially, on or before his birthday, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, in default of which the board may, after a hearing, revoke or suspend his license; but the payment of said fee at or before the time of hearing, with an additional sum as determined under the aforementioned provision shall remove the default, revocation or suspension. A licensed dispensing optician whose license has not been revoked but who shall have temporarily retired from practice or removed from the commonwealth for not exceeding five years but who shall have notified the board of such retirement or removal, may register upon paying the lapsed annual license fees and filing with the board his affidavit as to the facts aforesaid.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73h - Refusal to Grant License; Suspension; Revocation; Hearing; Notice

Section 73H. The board may refuse to grant or may suspend for a definite time or may revoke any license of any person found guilty of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation or in aiding or abetting the same in connection with any application or taking of an examination for license, or who has rendered himself unable to properly carry on his work as a licensed dispensing optician as a result of the voluntary use of intoxicating liquors or drugs, or for conviction in any court of the commonwealth of a crime involving moral turpitude or for the violation of any provision of sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, or of any rule or regulation of the board; provided, that the board gives such person a written notice, at least ten days before the date of the hearing, specifying any charges that may have been made against him, and setting forth the time and place for hearing said charges. Such hearing shall be conducted by the board, and three members shall constitute a quorum. The person accused shall be given opportunity to produce testimony in his own behalf, shall be confronted by witnesses against him, and shall be allowed representation by counsel. The board may compel the production of documents at any hearing, and the attendance of witnesses who shall testify under oath, administered by any member of the board. The fee for witnesses shall be three dollars per day for attendance and five cents per mile for travel. If the board after such hearing refuses to grant, or revokes or suspends the license of any person, it shall forthwith notify such person of its decision in writing. The provisions of section sixty-four shall apply to any person whose license or authority has been refused, suspended or revoked.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73i - Unlicensed Practice as Dispensing Optician; Penalties

Section 73I. Whoever, not being duly licensed as a dispensing optician, compounds and dispenses, at retail, prescriptions of physicians or optometrists for eyeglasses and lenses or makes duplicates thereof at retail, or holds himself out as a dispensing optician as defined in section seventy-three C, or violates any other provision of sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the board, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 73j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 73j - Application of Secs. 73c to 73l to Registered Physicians or Optometrists

Section 73J. The provisions of sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, shall not apply to registered physicians or optometrists.