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17-89-404. Branch offices.
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17-89-404. Branch offices.
(a) No licensed or registered dispensing optician or other person in this state shall establish more than two (2) ophthalmic dispensing branch offices in addition to his or her principal office unless he or she shall have first secured a branch office permit from the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians.
(b)(1) With board approval, the board shall promulgate rules establishing the branch office permit and the procedures for issuing, suspending, or revoking the branch office permit.
(2) The rules shall comply with the pertinent provisions of all existing state law.
(c) All businesses providing retail ophthalmic dispensing services, as defined in § 17-89-102(4), to the public must have physically present a licensed or registered dispensing optician within the place of business at the time the services are provided.
(d) Each optical dispensary in the State of Arkansas whose title does not contain the proper name of an Arkansas optometrist or Arkansas physician skilled in diseases of the eye or a licensed or registered dispensing optician holding a certificate of licensure or registry in the State of Arkansas must file a certificate of ownership each year with the board between June 1 and June 30. Each certificate of ownership must give the name and address of the dispensary, the optometrist or physician skilled in diseases of the eye, or licensed or registered dispensing optician or person who owns or maintains legal responsibility of the dispensary.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-89-404
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17-89-404. Branch offices.
(a) No licensed or registered dispensing optician or other person in this state shall establish more than two (2) ophthalmic dispensing branch offices in addition to his or her principal office unless he or she shall have first secured a branch office permit from the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians.
(b)(1) With board approval, the board shall promulgate rules establishing the branch office permit and the procedures for issuing, suspending, or revoking the branch office permit.
(2) The rules shall comply with the pertinent provisions of all existing state law.
(c) All businesses providing retail ophthalmic dispensing services, as defined in § 17-89-102(4), to the public must have physically present a licensed or registered dispensing optician within the place of business at the time the services are provided.
(d) Each optical dispensary in the State of Arkansas whose title does not contain the proper name of an Arkansas optometrist or Arkansas physician skilled in diseases of the eye or a licensed or registered dispensing optician holding a certificate of licensure or registry in the State of Arkansas must file a certificate of ownership each year with the board between June 1 and June 30. Each certificate of ownership must give the name and address of the dispensary, the optometrist or physician skilled in diseases of the eye, or licensed or registered dispensing optician or person who owns or maintains legal responsibility of the dispensary.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-89-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Apprentice dispensing optician” means an individual registered with the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians to work under the supervision of a licensed or registered dispensing optician, a physician skilled in disease of the eye, or an optometrist licensed by this state;
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) “Licensed dispensing optician” means any person licensed by the board to engage in ophthalmic dispensing;
(4)(A) “Ophthalmic dispensing” means the preparation of laboratory work orders, verification, and dispensing of spectacle lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or parts thereof to the intended wearer on a written prescription from a licensed physician skilled in disease of the eye or from a licensed optometrist.
(B) “Opthalmic dispensing” shall include:
(i) The measuring, fitting, adapting, and adjusting of spectacle lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or parts thereof to the human face;
(ii) The preparation and delivery of work orders to laboratory technicians engaged in grinding lenses and fabrication of eyewear;
(iii) The verification of the quality of finished spectacle lenses, spectacles, or eyeglasses; and
(iv) The adjustment or repair of spectacle frames to the human face.
(C) The prescribing, adapting, fitting, duplicating, dispensing, modifying, selling, or supplying of contact lenses for or to the human eye is specifically excluded;
(5) “Person” shall include individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, professional corporations, unincorporated associations, or any of the foregoing;
(6) “Registered dispensing optician” means any person registered by the board to engage in ophthalmic dispensing; and
(7) “Supervision” means the direct personal physical provision of direction and control through p
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-89-102
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