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MO Rev Stat § 335.257 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.257 - Verification of qualified employment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   335.257. Verification of qualified employment. — Successful applicants for whom loan payments are made under the provisions of sections 335.245 to 335.259 shall verify to the department twice each year, in June and in December, in the manner prescribed by the department that qualified employment in this state is being maintained. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1429 § 20)
MO Rev Stat § 335.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.360 - Findings and declaration of purpose.

Effective - 20 Jul 2017   *335.360. Findings and declaration of purpose. — 1. The party states find that:  (1) The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of compliance with and the effectiveness of enforcement activities related to state nurse licensure laws;  (2) Violations of nurse licensure and other laws regulating the practice of nursing may result in injury or harm to the public;  (3) The expanded mobility of nurses and the use of advanced communication technologies as part of our nation's health care delivery system require greater coordination and cooperation among states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation;  (4) New practice modalities and technology make compliance with individual state nurse licensure laws difficult and complex;  (5) The current system of duplicative licensure for nurses practicing in multiple states is cumbersome and redundant to both nurses and states; and  (6) Uniformity of nurse licensure requirements throughout the states promotes public safety and public health benefits.  2. The general purposes of this compact are to:  (1) Facilitate the states' responsibility to protect the public's health and safety;  (2) Ensure and encourage the cooperation of party states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation;  (3) Facilitate the exchange of information between party states in the areas of nurse regulation, investigation, and adverse actions;  (4) Promote compliance with the laws governing the practice of nursing in each jurisdiction;  (5) Invest all party states with the authority to hold a nurse accountable for meeting all state practice laws in the state in which the patient is located at the time care is rendered through the mutual recognition of party state licenses;  (6) Decrease redundancies in the consideration and issuance of nurse licenses; and  (7) Provide opportunities for interstate practice by nurses who meet uniform licensure requirements. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635)  Effective 7-20-17, see § 335.420. *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
MO Rev Stat § 335.375 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.375 - Applications for licensure in a party state.

Effective - 20 Jul 2017   *335.375. Applications for licensure in a party state. — 1. Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board in the issuing party state shall ascertain, through the coordinated licensure information system, whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by any other state, whether there are any encumbrances on any license or multistate licensure privilege held by the applicant, whether any adverse action has been taken against any license or multistate licensure privilege held by the applicant, and whether the applicant is currently participating in an alternative program.  2. A nurse shall hold a multistate license, issued by the home state, in only one party state at a time.  3. If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving between two party states, the nurse shall apply for licensure in the new home state, and the multistate license issued by the prior home state shall be deactivated in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.  (1) The nurse may apply for licensure in advance of a change in primary state of residence.  (2) A multistate license shall not be issued by the new home state until the nurse provides satisfactory evidence of a change in primary state of residence to the new home state and satisfies all applicable requirements to obtain a multistate license from the new home state.  4. If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving from a party state to a non-party state, the multistate license issued by the prior home state shall convert to a single-state license, valid only in the former home state. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635) Effective 7-20-17, see § 335.420.  *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
MO Rev Stat § 335.405 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.405 - Effective date, withdrawal and amendment.

Effective - 20 Jul 2017   *335.405. Effective date, withdrawal and amendment. — 1. This compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by no less than twenty-six states or December 31, 2018. All party states to this compact that also were parties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact superseded by this compact ("prior compact") shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said prior compact within six months after the effective date of this compact.  2. Each party state to this compact shall continue to recognize a nurse's multistate licensure privilege to practice in that party state issued under the prior compact until such party state has withdrawn from the prior compact.  3. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same. A party state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute.  4. A party state's withdrawal or termination shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state's licensing board to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring prior to the effective date of such withdrawal or termination.  5. Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party state and a non-party state that is made in accordance with the other provisions of this compact.  6. This compact may be amended by the party states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon the party states unless and until it is enacted into the laws of all party states.  7. Representatives of non-party states to this compact shall be invited to participate in the activities of the commission on a nonvoting basis prior to the adoption of this compact by all states. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635)  Effective 7-20-17, see § 335.420. *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
MO Rev Stat § 335.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.410 - Construction and severability.

Effective - 20 Jul 2017   *335.410. Construction and severability. — This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any party state, this compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to all severable matters. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635)  Effective 7-20-17, see § 335.420.  *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
MO Rev Stat § 335.415 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.415 - Head of the nurse licensing board defined.

Effective - 20 Jul 2017   *335.415. Head of the nurse licensing board defined. — 1. The term "head of the nurse licensing board" as referred to in section 335.390 of this compact shall mean the executive director of the Missouri state board of nursing.  2. This compact is designed to facilitate the regulation of nurses, and does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations.  3. This compact does not supersede existing state labor laws. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635) Effective 7-20-17, see § 335.420. *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
MO Rev Stat § 335.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 335 - Nurses|Section 335.420 - Contingent effective date.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   *335.420. Contingent effective date. — The repeal of sections 335.300 to 335.355 and the enactment of sections 335.360 to 335.415 of this act shall become effective on December 31, 2018, or upon the enactment of sections 335.360 to 335.415 of this act by no less than twenty-six states and notification of such enactment to the revisor of statutes by the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators, whichever occurs first. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1816 § B merged with S.B. 608 § B merged with S.B. 635 § C)   Effective 8-28-16 (H.B. 1816); 8-28-16 (S.B. 635); *10-14-16 (S.B. 608), see § 21.250  *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.  *Revisor's Note: The enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact became effective on July 20, 2017, with the enactment of the Compact by the twenty-sixth state (North Carolina). The implementation date of the Compact is January 19, 2018.
MO Rev Stat § 336.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.020 - Unlawful to practice optometry without license.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   336.020. Unlawful to practice optometry without license. — It shall be unlawful for any person to practice, to attempt to practice, or to offer to practice optometry, or to be employed by any person, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity that practice or attempts to practice without a license as an optometrist issued by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person licensed or registered under chapter 334 whose license is in good standing from acting within the scope of his or her practice or a person licensed as an optometrist in any state to serve as an expert witness in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding or optometry students in any accredited optometry school from training in the practice of optometry under the direct supervision of a physician licensed under chapter 334 or an optometrist licensed under this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10109, A.L. 1943 p. 973, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1816) Prior revision: 1929 § 13497  (1953) Prosecuting attorney held authorized to institute quo warranto proceedings against corporation on the ground it was practicing optometry without license as against contention only attorney general could prosecute such action. State ex rel. Schneider's Credit Jewelers v. Brackman (A.), 260 S.W.2d 800.
MO Rev Stat § 336.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.030 - Persons qualified to receive license.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 3 histories   336.030. Persons qualified to receive license. — 1. A person is qualified to receive a license as an optometrist:  (1) Who has graduated from a college or school of optometry approved by the board; and  (2) Who has met either of the following conditions:  (a) Has passed an examination satisfactory to, conducted by, or approved by the board to determine his or her fitness to receive a license as an optometrist with pharmaceutical certification and met the requirements of licensure as may be required by rule and regulation; or  (b) Has been licensed and has practiced for at least three years in the five years immediately preceding the date of application with pharmaceutical certification in another state, territory, country, or province in which the requirements are substantially equivalent to the requirements in this state and has satisfactorily completed any practical examination or any examination on Missouri laws as may be required by rule and regulation.  2. The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations providing for the examination and certification of optometrists who apply to the board for the authority to practice optometry in this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10115, A.L. 1943 p. 973, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1719, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13503
MO Rev Stat § 336.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.040 - Applications, form, contents, fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   336.040. Applications, form, contents, fees. — Every person who desires to obtain a license to practice optometry shall apply to the board, in writing, on forms prepared and furnished by the board. The application shall state the required qualifications of the applicant, that the representations are made under oath or affirmation and are true and correct to the applicant's best knowledge, subject to the penalties of making a false affidavit or declaration and shall be accompanied by the examination fee. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10116, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13504
MO Rev Stat § 336.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.050 - Examinations to be held — to include what.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   336.050. Examinations to be held — to include what. — The board shall hold examinations of applicants for a license as an optometrist at such times and places as it may determine. The examination of applicants for a license as an optometrist may include both practical demonstrations and written and oral tests, and shall embrace the subjects normally taught in schools of optometry approved by the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10117, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13505
MO Rev Stat § 336.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.060 - Licenses to be issued, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   336.060. Licenses to be issued, when. — Whenever the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, and upon payment of the license fee, the board shall issue a license as an optometrist. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10118, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13506
MO Rev Stat § 336.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.070 - License to be displayed.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   336.070. License to be displayed. — Every holder of an optometry license shall display the license in a conspicuous place in his or her principal office, place of business or employment. Whenever a licensed optometrist practices optometry away from his or her principal office, the licensee shall obtain a duplicate renewal license from the board and display it in clear view of the public. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10119, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13507
MO Rev Stat § 336.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.080 - Renewal of license — requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   336.080. Renewal of license — requirements. — 1. Every licensed optometrist who continues in active practice or service shall, on or before the renewal date, renew his or her license and pay the required renewal fee and present satisfactory evidence to the board of his or her attendance for a minimum of thirty-two hours of board-approved continuing education, or their equivalent during the preceding two-year continuing education reporting period as established by rule and regulation. As part of the thirty-two hours of continuing education, a licensed optometrist shall be required to obtain two hours in the area of Missouri jurisprudence, as approved by the board. The continuing education requirement may be waived by the board upon presentation to it of satisfactory evidence of the illness of the optometrist or for other good cause as defined by rule and regulation. The board shall not reject any such application if approved programs are not available within the state of Missouri. Every license which has not been renewed on or before the renewal date shall expire.  2. Any licensed optometrist who permits his or her license to expire may renew it within five years of expiration upon payment of the required reactivation fee and presentation of satisfactory evidence to the board of his or her attendance for a minimum of forty-eight hours of board-approved continuing education, or their equivalent, during the five years. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10120, A.L. 1943 p. 973, A.L. 1963 p. 432, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13508
MO Rev Stat § 336.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.115 - Injunction or restraining order issued, when — venue of action — order in addition to any other penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   336.115. Injunction or restraining order issued, when — venue of action — order in addition to any other penalty. — 1. Upon application by the board, and the necessary burden having been met, a court of general jurisdiction may grant an injunction, restraining order or other order as may be appropriate to enjoin a person from:  (1) Offering to engage or engaging in the performance of any acts or practices for which a certificate of registration or authority, permit or license is required, upon a showing that such acts or practices were performed or offered to be performed without a certificate of registration or authority, permit or license; or  (2) Engaging in any practice or business authorized by a certificate of registration or authority, permit or license issued pursuant to this chapter upon a showing that the holder presents a serious danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident of this state or client or patient of the licensee.  2. Any such action shall be commenced either in the county in which such conduct occurred or in the county in which the defendant resides.  3. Any action brought pursuant to this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any penalty provided by this chapter and may be brought concurrently with other actions to enforce this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 867)
MO Rev Stat § 336.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.120 - Persons exempt from operation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   336.120. Persons exempt from operation of law. — The following persons, firms and corporations are exempt from the operation of the provisions of this chapter except the provisions of section 336.200:  (1) Physicians or surgeons of any school lawfully entitled to practice in this state;  (2) Persons, firms and corporations, not engaged in the practice of optometry, who sell eyeglasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of business on prescription from persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice either optometry or medicine and surgery;  (3) Persons, firms and corporations who manufacture or deal in eyeglasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of business, and who neither practice nor attempt to practice optometry, and who do not use a trial case, trial frame, test card other than that used by the customer or customers alone, vending machine or other mechanical means to assist the customer in selecting glasses. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10114, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 414)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13502
MO Rev Stat § 336.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 336 - Optometrists|Section 336.140 - Board meetings — compensation of board members — fund created, use, transferred to general revenue, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   336.140. Board meetings — compensation of board members — fund created, use, transferred to general revenue, when. — 1. The board shall hold meetings for the examination of applicants for registration and the transaction of other business pertaining to its duties at least once in six months. Such regular meetings require at least ten days' public notice of the time and place of such meetings. The president or vice president of the board shall have the authority to call additional meetings of the board without the ten-day notice when such is deemed necessary, provided that sufficient notice is given to the other board members and to the general public under chapter 610. Each member of the board shall receive as compensation an amount set by the board not to exceed fifty dollars for each day devoted to the affairs of the board, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his or her official duties. All fees payable under this chapter shall be collected by the division of professional registration, which shall transmit the same to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the "Optometry Fund". All costs and expenses incurred in administering the provisions of this chapter shall be appropriated and paid from this fund.  2. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year or, if the board requires by rule permit renewal less frequently than yearly, then three times the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10112, A. 1949 H.B. 2074, A.L. 1963 p. 432, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1985 S.B. 99, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2008 S.B. 850)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13500