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RI Gen L § 5-35.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-2 - Qualification of optician applicants.

§ 5-35.2-2. Qualification of optician applicants.(a) Every applicant for licensure shall present satisfactory evidence, in the form of affidavits properly sworn to, that he or she:(1) Is of good moral character; and(2) Has graduated from a two-year (2) school of opticianry approved by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges or an equivalent regional accrediting authority or other accrediting authority as may be approved by the department with consultation from the advisory committee; and(3) Has successfully passed the national opticianry competency examination or any other written examination approved by the department with consultation from the advisory committee; and(4) Has successfully passed a practical examination approved by the department with consultation from the advisory committee.(b) Every applicant for licensure who is or has been licensed in an alternate jurisdiction shall present satisfactory evidence in the form of affidavits properly sworn to that he or she:(1) Is of good moral character; and(2) Has graduated from high school; and(3) Has graduated from a two-year (2) school of opticianry approved by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges or an equivalent regional accrediting authority or other accrediting authority as may be approved by the department with consultation from the advisory committee; or has successfully completed a two-year (2) opticianry apprenticeship program; and(4) Has held a valid license to practice opticianry in another state for at least one year and was in good standing during that time; and(5) Has practiced opticianry in this or any other state for a period of not less than one year; and(6) Has successfully passed the national opticianry competency examination or any other written examination approved by the department with consultation from the advisory committee; and(7) Has successfully passed a practical exam approved by the department with consultation from the advisory committee.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 48, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-3 - Optician's biennial license fee.

§ 5-35.2-3. Optician's biennial license fee.Every applicant shall pay to the department a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 which shall accompany his or her application for a license. No one shall be permitted to practice opticianry without a valid license.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 11.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-4 - Advertising by opticians.

§ 5-35.2-4. Advertising by opticians.The division of professional regulation, in addition to conducting the examinations, licensing, and registering of opticians, shall make rules and regulations governing advertising by opticians. The division shall have the power to revoke the license of any optician violating those rules and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-5 - Unlawful sale of spectacles.

§ 5-35.2-5. Unlawful sale of spectacles.It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, as merchandise, in any store or established place of business in the state, any eyeglasses, spectacles, or lenses for uncorrected vision, unless a licensed optometrist, physician, or optician under the laws of this state is in charge and in personal attendance at the booth, counter, or place where those articles are sold in that store or established place of business. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to the sale of simple reading magnifying glasses, toy glasses, goggles consisting of plano white or plano colored lenses or ordinary colored glasses, or to optometrists, physicians, or opticians who sell spectacles, eyeglasses, or lenses in prescription. A seller of simple reading magnifying glasses shall have the following notice permanently affixed in plain view to the top of any point of sale display: "These magnifiers are not intended to be substitute for corrective lenses; only a professional eye examination can determine your eye health status and vision needs." This notice shall also be prominently displayed in all newspaper, magazine, and other advertisements for simple reading magnifying glasses. As used in this section, "simple reading magnifying glasses" do not include lenses of bifocal design or single vision lenses of over plus 3.25 diopters or equivalent magnification.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 197, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-6 - Freedom of choice for eye care.

§ 5-35.2-6. Freedom of choice for eye care.Where the contracts call for the expenditure of public or private funds involving Medicaid and RIte Care, Medicare, or supplemental coverage for any purpose relating to eyewear, and as it pertains to opticianry, the distribution, dispensing, filling, duplication, and fabrication of eyeglasses or optical prosthesis by opticians as defined in § 5-35.2-1, those health plans or contracts are required to notify by publication in a public newspaper published within and circulated and distributed throughout the state of Rhode Island, to all providers, including, but not limited to, opticians, within the health plan's or contract's geographic service area, of the opportunity to apply for credentials, and there is no discrimination as to the rate or reimbursement for health care provided by an optician for similar services as rendered by other professions pursuant to this section. Nothing contained in the chapter shall require health plans to contract with any particular class of providers.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3; P.L. 2019, ch. 308, art. 1, § 16.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-7 - Continuing education of opticians.

§ 5-35.2-7. Continuing education of opticians.Every person licensed to practice opticianry who makes an application for renewal shall, as condition to his or her relicensure, attest to the department of completion of continuing education in the preceding two (2) calendar years in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-8 - Advisory committee for opticianry.

§ 5-35.2-8. Advisory committee for opticianry.There is created an advisory committee for opticianry, appointed by the director, to consist of five (5) members, who shall be residents of the state, four (4) of whom shall be licensed as opticians under the provisions of this chapter, and shall have practiced as opticians for a period of at least five (5) years, and one layperson who shall be from the public. The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years; each member may serve a maximum of two (2) full terms. The duties of the advisory committee for opticianry shall include but not be limited to advising the director on all matters pertaining to the licensure and regulation of opticianry in this state.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-9 - Persons exempt from requirements.

§ 5-35.2-9. Persons exempt from requirements.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to physicians licensed to practice medicine under the laws of this state, optometrists, or persons engaged in optical work who do not conduct a retail or wholesale optical business.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-10 - Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license for unprofessional conduct.

§ 5-35.2-10. Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license for unprofessional conduct.In addition to any and all other remedies provided in this chapter, the director may, after notice and hearing, in the director's discretion, refuse to grant, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke any license provided for in this chapter to any person who is guilty of unprofessional conduct or conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public, or for any fraud or deception committed in obtaining a license. "Unprofessional conduct" is defined as including, but is not limited to:(1) Conviction of one of the offenses set forth in § 23-17-37;(2) Knowingly placing the health of a client at serious risk without maintaining proper precautions;(3) Advertising by means of false or deceptive statements;(4) The use of drugs or alcohol to an extent that impairs that person's ability to properly engage in the profession;(5) The use of any false or fraudulent statement in any document connected with his or her practice;(6) The obtaining of any fee by fraud or willful misrepresentation of any kind either to a patient or insurance plan;(7) Knowingly performing any act that in any way aids or assists an unlicensed person to practice in violation of this chapter;(8) Violating or attempting to violate, directly or indirectly, or assisting in, or abetting, the violation of, or conspiring to violate, any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations previously or hereafter issued pursuant to this chapter;(9) Incompetence;(10) Repeated acts of gross misconduct;(11) Failure to conform to acceptable and prevailing community standard of opticianry practice.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-11 - Construction of glass lenses - Violations - Penalty.

§ 5-35.2-11. Construction of glass lenses — Violations — Penalty.(a) No person shall distribute, sell, or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless those eyeglasses or sunglasses are fitted with heat-treated glass lenses, plastic lenses, laminated lenses, or lenses made impact-resistant by other methods. The provisions of this subsection do not apply if a physician or optometrist, having found that those lenses will not fulfill the visual requirements of a particular patient, directs, in writing, the use of other lenses and gives written notification to the patient. Before they are mounted in frames, all impact-resistant eyeglasses and sunglass lenses, except plastic lenses, laminated lenses, and raised-ledge multifocal lenses must withstand an impact test of a steel ball five-eighths (⅝) of an inch in diameter weighing approximately fifty-six hundredths of an ounce (0.56 oz) dropped from a height of fifty inches (50"). Raised-ledge multifocal lenses are capable of withstanding the impact test but do not need to be tested beyond initial design testing. To demonstrate that all plastic lenses and laminated lenses are capable of withstanding the impact test, the manufacturer of the lenses shall subject to the impact test a statistically significant sampling of lenses from each production batch, and the tested lenses are representative of the finished forms as worn by the wearer. Plastic prescription and plastic nonprescription lenses, tested on the basis of statistical significance, may be tested in uncut finished or semi-finished form at the point of original manufacture.(b) Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-12 - Penalty for violations.

§ 5-35.2-12. Penalty for violations.Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine or not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) months for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-13 - Prosecution of violations.

§ 5-35.2-13. Prosecution of violations.It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to prosecute every person who violates those provisions. Whenever a complaint is made by the department, or by any of its authorized agents, of any violation of the provisions of this chapter, they shall not be required to furnish surety for costs, nor are they liable for costs on that complaint.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-14 - Rules and regulations.

§ 5-35.2-14. Rules and regulations.The department, in addition to approving the examinations and licensing of opticians, shall make rules and regulations governing the practice of opticianry. The department shall have the power to revoke the license of any optician violating those rules and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-35.2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-35.2 - Opticians|Section 5-35.2-15 - Severability.

§ 5-35.2-15. Severability.(a) If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.(b) The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter does not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-36-1 - 5-36-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36 - Osteopaths|Section 5-36-1 - 5-36-10 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-36-1 — 5-36-10. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-1 - Short title.

§ 5-36.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "License of Naturopathy Act of 2017."History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 5-36.1-2. Definitions.The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:(1) "Approved naturopathic college" means a college that grants a degree of doctor of naturopathy and:(i) Is accredited by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME), its successor or other accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or(ii) Is accredited by any other organization approved by the board of licensure of naturopathy.(2) "Board" means the board of licensure of naturopathy.(3) "CNME" or "Council" is the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education.(4) "Department" means the Rhode Island department of health.(5) "Director" means the director of the Rhode Island department of health.(6) "Disciplinary action" means any action taken by an administrative law officer established against a licensee or applicant on a finding of unprofessional conduct by the licensee or applicant. "Disciplinary action" includes issuance of warnings and all sanctions including denial, suspension, revocation, limitation, or restriction of licenses and other similar limitations.(7) "Doctor of naturopathy" means a person who practices naturopathic health care and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(8) "Natural" means present in, produced by, or derived from nature.(9) "Naturopathic health care" or "the practice of naturopathic health care" means a system of health care that utilizes education, natural substances, and natural therapies to support and stimulate a patient's intrinsic self-healing processes and to prevent and treat human health conditions and injuries.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-3 - Scope of practice.

§ 5-36.1-3. Scope of practice.(a) A license authorizes a licensee, consistent with naturopathic education and training and competence demonstrated by passing the doctor of naturopathy licensing examination, to:(1) Order and perform physical and laboratory examinations for diagnostic purposes;(2) Dispense or order natural substances of mineral, animal, or botanical origin, including food, extracts of food, nutraceuticals, vitamins, amino acids, minerals, enzymes, botanicals and their extracts, botanical substances, homeopathic substances, and all dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs as defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., that use various routes of administration, including oral, nasal, auricular, ocular, rectal, vaginal, and transdermal;(3) Administer natural substances of mineral, animal, or botanical origin, including food, extracts of food, nutraceuticals, vitamins, amino acids, minerals, enzymes, botanicals and their extracts, botanical substances, homeopathic substances, and all dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs as defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., using transdermal routes of administration;(4) Administer or perform hot or cold hydrotherapy, electromagnetic energy, and therapeutic exercise for the purpose of providing basic therapeutic care services, except that if a referral to another licensed provider is appropriate for ongoing rehabilitation or habilitation services, the doctor of naturopathy shall make the referral;(5) Provide health education and health counseling; and(6) Perform naturopathic musculoskeletal mobilization.(b) If a doctor of naturopathy is engaged in the private practice of naturopathy in the state, the doctor of naturopathy shall display the license obtained pursuant to this section conspicuously in each office where the doctor of naturopathy is engaged in practice.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-4 - Penalty for misrepresentation.

§ 5-36.1-4. Penalty for misrepresentation.No person who is not licensed as a doctor of naturopathy may use the title of "doctor of naturopathy" or hold themselves out as a doctor of naturopathy. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than one year imprisonment, or by both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-5 - Prohibited acts.

§ 5-36.1-5. Prohibited acts.A person licensed under this chapter shall not perform any of the following acts:(1) Prescribe, dispense, or administer any legend medications or substances controlled pursuant to the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 812, and chapter 28 of title 21;(2) Use, for therapeutic purposes, any device regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that has not been approved by the FDA;(3) Perform surgical procedures;(4) Practice, or claim to practice, as a medical doctor or physician, a doctor of osteopathic medicine, a primary-care doctor, a primary-care practitioner, a primary-care provider, a primary-care naturopath, a dentist, a podiatrist, an optometrist, a psychologist, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a chiropractor, a physical therapist, an acupuncturist, or any other healthcare professional unless licensed under this title;(5) Use general regional or spinal anesthetics or procedural sedation;(6) Administer ionizing radioactive substances for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes;(7) Perform chiropractic adjustments or manipulations that include high-velocity thrusts at or beyond the end range of normal joint motion unless the licensee is also a licensed chiropractor;(8) Perform acupuncture unless the licensee is also a licensed acupuncturist;(9) Advise patients regarding prescription drugs beyond possible dietary supplement/herb — prescription drug interactions;(10) Practice naturopathy in this state without a valid license issued in accordance with this chapter; or(11) Use, in connection with the person's name, any letters, words, or insignia indicating or implying that the person is a doctor of naturopathy unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter. A person licensed under this chapter may use the designation "DN" for doctor of naturopathy.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-6 - Exemptions.

§ 5-36.1-6. Exemptions.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any of the following:(1) The practice of a profession by a person who is licensed, certified, or registered under other laws of this state and is performing services within the authorized scope of practice of that profession.(2) The practice of naturopathy by a student enrolled in approved naturopathic training. The performance of services shall be pursuant to a course of instruction and under the supervision of an instructor, who shall be a doctor of naturopathy licensed in accordance with this chapter.(3) The use or administration of over-the-counter medicines or other nonprescription agents.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-7 - Reporting contagious and infectious diseases.

§ 5-36.1-7. Reporting contagious and infectious diseases.Doctors of naturopathy are subject to the provisions of the law relating to contagious and infectious diseases.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-36.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-36.1 - License of Naturopathy Act of 2017|Section 5-36.1-8 - Board of licensure - Creation.

§ 5-36.1-8. Board of licensure — Creation.Within the division of professional regulation established in the department of health pursuant to chapter 26 of this title there shall be created a board of licensure for doctor of naturopathy.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 329, § 1.