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NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-15 - Issuance of new certificate after revocation

45:12-15. Issuance of new certificate after revocation  Where the certificate of registration of any person has been revoked the board may, after the expiration of one year, entertain an application for a new certificate in like manner as original applications for certificates are entertained, and, upon such new application it may, in its discretion, exempt the applicant from the necessity of undergoing an examination.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-16 - Optometrists convicted of crime reported to state board

45:12-16. Optometrists convicted of crime reported to state board  The clerk of every court wherein a person licensed to practice optometry in this state shall be convicted of a crime shall make a report thereof in writing to the board of the conviction. The report shall state the name and address of the person convicted and the name of the court and the judge presiding therein at the time of the conviction, the date thereof, the nature of the crime of which the person was convicted and the sentence imposed by the court.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-17 - Expenses of board and its members

45:12-17. Expenses of board and its members  The board may cause to be paid out of the registration fees, penalties, and other fees received by it, all proper expenses incurred by it under the provisions of this chapter, including the salary of its secretary-treasurer and compensation for clerical assistance, inspectors and agents, as shall be determined by the board from time to time, but in no case shall any such expenses be paid by or be a charge against the state. The members of the board shall be entitled to reimbursement for their traveling and hotel expenses, incurred in pursuance of their duties.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-17.1 - Allowance to members of Board; reimbursement for expenses

45:12-17.1. Allowance to members of Board; reimbursement for expenses  Each member of the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists shall receive the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each examination held pursuant to section 45:12-4 of the Revised Statutes and shall be entitled to reimbursement for all proper expenses incurred in pursuance of his duties. L.1949, c. 170, p. 559, s. 2. Amended by L.1952, c. 128, p. 474, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-18 - Account and report of receipts and expenditures

45:12-18. Account and report of receipts and expenditures  An itemized account of all the receipts and expenditures of the board shall be kept by the secretary-treasurer, and a detailed report thereof each year, ending with June thirtieth, duly verified by the affidavit of said secretary-treasurer, shall be filed with the State Comptroller within ten days thereafter. Nothing in this section or section 45:12-17 of this Title shall be construed as modifying in any respect the provisions of sections 45:1-3 and 45:1-4 of this Title. Amended by L.1938, c. 277, p. 603, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-18.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-18.1 - Record of examination of patient considered exclusive property of optometrist

45:12-18.1. Record of examination of patient considered exclusive property of optometrist  The record of an optometrist of the examination of a patient, including patient's name, address, age, occupation, and all findings and pertinent facts concerning the patient discovered and disclosed during the course of such examination, as well as the record of professional services rendered and the fees charged therefor shall, because of the confidential nature in the relationship, be the exclusive property of the optometrist who rendered the professional services to the patient. Any unauthorized use by any other person, firm or corporation of the information contained therein shall constitute an infringement of the property rights of the patient and the optometrist, and shall subject the offender to a civil suit for damages by the person aggrieved. L.1948, c. 350, p. 1408, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-18.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-18.2 - Partial invalidity

45:12-18.2. Partial invalidity  In the event that any section, paragraph, clause, sentence or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not impair the remainder thereof, but shall be confined strictly in its operation to the particular clause, section, paragraph or part thereof so held to be invalid. L.1948, c. 350, p. 1409, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-19 - Illegal practices; peddling eyeglasses, contact lenses; attending confined person.

45:12-19 Illegal practices; peddling eyeglasses, contact lenses; attending confined person.  a. No person, not a holder of a certificate of registration duly issued to him, shall practice optometry within the State, and no person shall falsely personate a registered optometrist of a like or different name, nor buy, sell or fraudulently obtain a certificate issued to another. No person shall directly or indirectly for himself or others do or engage in any acts or practices specifically prohibited to duly registered optometrists by the provisions of section 45:12-11 of this chapter. b. No person shall peddle spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses or practice optometry from house to house or on the streets or highways notwithstanding any law providing for the licensing of peddlers. This shall not prohibit, however, an optometrist from attending, prescribing, and furnishing spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses to a person who by reason of an illness, or physical or mental infirmity is confined to his place of abode, or to a hospital or other institution. For the purposes of this section, "lenses" shall include contact lenses without power, sometimes referred to as "plano" lenses. Amended 1948, c.350, s.6; 1954, c.227, s.5; 2005, c.262, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-19.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-19.1 - Practicing under another's name; employment by others

45:12-19.1. Practicing under another's name; employment by others  It shall be unlawful for any person licensed to practice optometry under the laws of the State of New Jersey to advertise, practice or hold himself forth as being entitled to practice under a name other than his own, unless he be an associate of or an assistant to an optometrist licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and it shall be unlawful for any unlicensed person, or any association or corporation directly or indirectly to engage or undertake to engage in the practice of optometry by utilizing the services, upon a salary, commission basis, or by any other means or method, of any person licensed to practice optometry in the State of New Jersey. It shall be unlawful for any optometrist to engage or undertake to engage in the practice of optometry in behalf of any unlicensed person, association or corporation, except that this shall not prohibit the employment by or the formation of partnerships between optometrists or physicians duly licensed in the State of New Jersey. L.1954, c. 227, p. 853, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-19.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-19.2 - Cards offering special rates or discounts

45:12-19.2. Cards offering special rates or discounts  It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to issue cards offering free eye examinations or eye examinations for any price, or eye examinations at a discount or offering special rates or discounts for eyeglasses. L.1954, c. 227, p. 853, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-19.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-19.3 - Effective date

45:12-19.3. Effective date  This act shall take effect March 1, 1955. L.1954, c. 227, p. 853, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-26 - Titles not authorized

45:12-26. Titles not authorized  Nothing contained in this chapter shall confer upon any person practicing optometry the right to add, affix, or attach to his name the title, designation, character or letters of M.D., surgeon, doctor, unless qualified by the word optometrist, ophthalmologist, or to indicate in any way that he is engaged in the treatment of injuries of the human eye, or to use any therapeutic measures or agencies other than those included in the practice of optometry as defined in section 45:12-1 of this chapter for the treatment of the human eye, unless he is authorized to do so by the board, body or persons empowered by law to award such right or title. Amended by L.1952, c. 255, p. 874, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12-27 - Testimony and reports of licensed optometrist; receipt as qualified evidence; right to free choice of ocular practitioner

45:12-27. Testimony and reports of licensed optometrist; receipt as qualified evidence; right to free choice of ocular practitioner  The testimony and reports of an optometrist licensed to practice in this State shall be received by any State, county, municipal, school district or other public board, body, agency, institution or official and by any private educational or other institution receiving public funds as qualified evidence with respect to any matter within the scope of the practice of optometry as defined in Revised Statutes 45:12-1; and no such board, body, agency, official or institution shall, in retaining and utilizing the professional services of ocular practitioners or in any other manner, discriminate between licensed practitioners of optometry and other ocular practitioners or interfere with any individual's right to free choice of ocular practitioner. L.1966, c. 241, s. 1, eff. Aug. 10, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-1 - Definitions

45:12A-1. Definitions  As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the State Board of Medical Examiners. (b) "Commission" shall mean the commission created in section 9 of this act. (c) "Orthoptics" means that field of vision training concerned with the inability of the patient to maintain fusion and binocular co-ordination. (d) "Orthoptist" shall mean a person trained to carry out technical functions of prescribed orthoptic care under specific directions, professional supervision and guidance and may provide services only to patients referred by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. L.1968, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-2 - Use of title registered orthoptist; violations; establishment of standards

45:12A-2. Use of title registered orthoptist; violations; establishment of standards  (a) It shall be a violation of this act for any person who is not registered under this act as an orthoptist except as provided in section 3 of this act, or whose registration has been suspended or revoked, or whose registration has lapsed and has not been revived, to render orthoptic services as defined in section 1 of this act, in this State; or to use in conjunction with his name the words registered orthoptist, or any letters, words or insignia indicating or implying that he is a registered orthoptist, or in any way, orally or in writing or in print or by sign or implication, to present or hold himself out as a registered orthoptist. (b) The commission created in section 9 of this act shall, by rules and regulations reported to the board and to the New Jersey State Board of Optometry, establish standards governing the practice of orthoptics, which standards shall be adhered to by persons registered under this act. L.1968, c. 114, s. 2, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-3 - Applicant for registration; requirements

45:12A-3. Applicant for registration; requirements  An applicant for registration as an orthoptist shall submit to the commission in such form as the commission may prescribe, evidence that the applicant (1) Has attained his or her twenty-first birthday; (2) Is a citizen of the United States or has declared his or her intention to become a citizen; (3) Is of good moral character; (4) Is a graduate of a high school approved by the New Jersey Department of Education or has equivalent education acceptable to the commission; (5) Has completed 2 years of college at a college approved by the commission or the equivalency thereof as approved by the commission; (6) Has completed a course of orthoptics of not less than 15 months at a college or institution approved by the commission; (7) Has completed 6 months of clinical training in a hospital or optometric or medical institution approved by the commission. The commission shall submit the names of the applicants who meet the qualifications set forth in this section to the board for registration. The list of registrants shall be submitted to the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists. L.1968, c. 114, s. 3, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-4 - Registration by commission

45:12A-4. Registration by commission  The commission shall register as an orthopist any person who applies for such registration who meets the qualifications prescribed in section 3 of this act or who submits to the commission, within 1 year after this act takes effect evidence that the applicant has qualifications (1) and (3) provided in section 3 of this act, and has rendered orthoptic services for 1 year or more in the State of New Jersey prior to the date this act was approved. L.1968, c. 114, s. 4, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-5 - Initial application; fee; expiration of registrations; renewals

45:12A-5. Initial application; fee; expiration of registrations; renewals  Each initial application under this act shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00. Registrations under this act shall expire on January 31 of each calendar year and shall be renewed upon application and payment of a fee of $10.00. L.1968, c. 114, s. 5, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-6 - Records of patients; referring ophthalmologist or optometrist

45:12A-6. Records of patients; referring ophthalmologist or optometrist  The records of patients, the name of the referring ophthalmologist or optometrist, the records of direction and such other records as the commission may require shall be maintained by the orthoptist and a copy sent to the referring ophthalmologist or optometrist. L.1968, c. 114, s. 6, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-8 - Record of proceedings; register of persons registered

45:12A-8. Record of proceedings; register of persons registered  The commission shall keep a record of its proceedings under this act and a register of all persons registered under it. The register shall show the name of every living person registered under this act, his last known place of employment and last known place of residence, and the date and number of his registration. The board shall compile annually a list of registered orthoptists registered in this State and shall make such list available upon request to the superintendent of every hospital or optometric institution and to every person authorized to practice medicine or optometry in this State. L.1968, c. 114, s. 8, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12A-9 - Orthoptic commission; membership; term; vacancies; appointments; meetings; expenses; appropriation

45:12A-9. Orthoptic commission; membership; term; vacancies; appointments; meetings; expenses; appropriation  (a) There is hereby created in the Division of Professional Boards of the Department of Law and Public Safety, an Orthoptic Commission within the State Board of Medical Examiners. The commission shall consist of 6 members, 3 of whom shall be Board Certified Ophthalmologists who have practiced ophthalmology in the State of New Jersey for at least 5 years, and 3 of whom shall be optometrists licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey and who have practiced optometry in this State for at least 5 years. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor. The initial appointments to the commission shall be 2 members for a term of 1 year, one ophthalmologist and one optometrist; 2 members for a term of 2 years, one ophthalmologist and one optometrist; and 2 members for a term of 3 years, one ophthalmologist and one optometrist. Members shall thereafter be appointed for terms of 3 years. Each member shall hold office after the expiration of his term until a successor shall be duly appointed and qualified. A vacancy in the office of any member shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and shall be filled for the unexpired term only, providing that any unexpired term of an ophthalmologist shall be filled by an ophthalmologist, and any unexpired term of an optometrist shall be filled by an optometrist in the same manner as original appointments are made. Each ophthalmological appointment shall be made by the Governor from a list of 3 names submitted by a related professional organization or society having not less than 100 members. Said nominees shall be members in good standing of said association or society. Each optometric appointment shall be made by the Governor from a list of 3 names submitted by the New Jersey Optometric Association. Said nominees shall be members in good standing of said association. (b) The commission shall meet at least twice a year and shall also meet upon the call of the Attorney General. The commission shall carry out its responsibility under this act. The Attorney General shall provide the advisory commission with such facilities and personnel as shall be required for the proper conduct of its business. The commission, with the approval of the Attorney General, may authorize reimbursement of the members for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the commission. (c) There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Law and Public Safety for the purposes of administering this act all fees and revenues received by the board from the effective date of this act. The expenditure of such appropriation shall be authorized by the Attorney General with the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. L.1968, c. 114, s. 9, eff. June 25, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12B-1 - Short title

45:12B-1. Short title  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Orthotist and Prosthetist Licensing Act."  L.1991,c.512,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12B-2 - Findings, declarations

45:12B-2. Findings, declarations  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The practice of orthotics and prosthetics may, if unregulated, seriously harm or endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the citizens of this State;  b. Citizens of this State need, and will benefit from, an assurance of initial and ongoing professional competence among orthotists and prosthetists practicing in this State;  c. The present unregulated system for dispensing orthotic and prosthetic care does not adequately meet the needs or serve the interests of the public; and  d. It is necessary for this State to regulate and license the practice of orthotics and prosthetics for the purpose of protecting the citizens of this State from injury or harm caused by ill-prepared, incompetent, unscrupulous, or unauthorized practitioners and to assure the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of orthotists and prosthetists practicing in this State.  L.1991,c.512,s.2; amended L.1992,c.134,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12B-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12B-4 - Board of Examiners, creation, purpose.

45:12B-4 Board of Examiners, creation, purpose.  4. There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety the Orthotics and Prosthetics Board of Examiners. The board shall be responsible for the licensure of orthotists and prosthetists and persons eligible to be licensed in both disciplines of prosthetics and orthotics as licensed prosthetist-orthotists and for the licensure of orthotist assistants, prosthetist assistants, and prosthetist-orthotist assistants. L.1991,c.512,s.4; amended 1999, c.115, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12B-5 - Membership of the board.

45:12B-5 Membership of the board.  5. The board shall consist of 11 residents of this State, 10 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, as follows. Two members shall be orthotists who shall fulfill the licensure requirements of this act, and two members shall be prosthetists who shall fulfill the licensure requirements of this act. Two members shall be prosthetist-orthotists who shall fulfill the licensure requirements of this act. One member shall be licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this State pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes and one member shall be a doctor of podiatric medicine licensed to practice podiatric medicine pursuant to chapter 5 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. Two members shall be public members, one of whom is a prosthetic user and one of whom is an orthotic user. One member shall be a member of the executive branch who shall be appointed by the Governor. Members shall be appointed to affect balanced geographic representation from the central, northern and southern areas of the State. The board shall annually elect from its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. L.1991,c.512,s.5; amended 2005, c.259, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:12B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:12B-6 - Terms of members, vacancies

45:12B-6. Terms of members, vacancies  6. Each member of the board, except the members first appointed, shall serve for a term of three years and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The initial appointments to the board shall be: three members for a term of one year, four members for terms of two years, and four members for terms of three years. No member shall serve more than two terms or for a total of more than six years.  The orthotist, prosthetist and prosthetist-orthotist members of the initial board shall be deemed to be and shall become licensed practicing orthotists, prosthetists and prosthetist-orthotists immediately upon their appointment and qualification as members of the board, provided that these members meet all other requirements for licensure under this act within 18 months of their appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only.  L.1991,c.512,s.6.