The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 4585a)
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§ 4585a. Optometrists; visual services
Whenever any policy of insurance or any medical service plan or hospital service contract
or hospital and medical service contract provides for reimbursement for any visual
service that is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist
with qualifications as defined by 26 V.S.A. § 1691, the insured or other person entitled to the benefits under the policy shall be entitled
to reimbursement for the services, whether the services are performed by a duly licensed
physician or by a duly licensed optometrist, whichever the insured selects. Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in any statute or in any policy, plan, or contract,
duly licensed optometrists shall be entitled to participate in such policies, plans,
or contracts providing for visual services to the same extent as fully licensed physicians
and no insurer shall make or permit any unfair discrimination against particular individuals
or persons so licensed. (1971, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 30, 1972.)