The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 030 : OPTOMETRY
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1701)-
§ 1701. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds and declares that the public health, safety, and welfare of the State of Vermont requires the exercise of the authority of this State to safeguard the people of Vermont and further that the right to practice optometry is a privilege conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of personal and professional qualifications. (Added 1979, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
