The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 26 : Professions and Occupations

Chapter 030 : OPTOMETRY

Subchapter 002 : STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY

• § 1708. Powers and duties

  (a) The Board shall:

  (1) Adopt rules under the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act necessary for the performance of its duties, ensuring that at least the following are established by statute or rule:

  (A) a definition of the behavior for which a license is required;

  (B) explanations of appeal and other significant rights given by law to licensees, applicants, and the public; and

  (C) standards for acceptance of continuing education, which may identify mandatory content specific to pharmacology, and management of adverse drug reactions.

  (b) [Repealed.]

  (c) The Board shall not limit the:

  (1) ownership of optometric practices to licensed optometrists;

  (2) number of offices or sites at which an optometrist may practice; or

  (3) right of optometrists to practice in an association, partnership, corporation, or other lawful entity with anyone. (Added 1979, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1983, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d); 2009, No. 35, § 28; 2019, No. 30, § 12.)