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RSA 327:6 · Licenses; Qualifications

Title: XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter: 327 · OPTOMETRY
Status: current
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327:6 Licenses; Qualifications. – No person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall practice optometry without a license. The office shall not issue a license to any applicant until the person has passed an examination approved by the board, and has presented satisfactory evidence in the form of affidavits properly sworn to, that the person is over 18 years of age and of good moral character, has completed a minimum of 2 years at a college of arts and sciences and has graduated from a school or college of optometry approved by the board, maintaining a minimum of 4 years in optometric training. Persons who submit an application which demonstrates that they meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter and any rules adopted by the board pursuant to RSA 541-A, and pay the licensing fee, shall be licensed by the office. Source. 1911, 167:7. 1919, 78:1. PL 207:6. 1937, 92:1. RL 253:6. 1951, 72:3. RSA 327:6. 1957, 36:2. 1969, 273:1. 1973, 72:47. 1977, 563:20. 1981, 355:5. 1985, 245:2. 1999, 197:5. 2006, 76:12. 2014, 167:34. 2015, 229:10, eff. July 1, 2015. 2022, 314:12, eff. July 1, 2022. 2024, 327:118, eff. July 1, 2024.

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Source. 1911, 167:7. 1919, 78:1. PL 207:6. 1937, 92:1. RL 253:6. 1951, 72:3. RSA 327:6. 1957, 36:2. 1969, 273:1. 1973, 72:47. 1977, 563:20. 1981, 355:5. 1985, 245:2. 1999, 197:5. 2006, 76:12. 2014, 167:34. 2015, 229:10, eff. July 1, 2015. 2022, 314:12, eff. July 1, 2022. 2024, 327:118, eff. July 1, 2024.

Source history

1911, 167:7
1919, 78:1. PL 207:6
1937, 92:1. RL 253:6
1951, 72:3. RSA 327:6
1957, 36:2
1969, 273:1
1973, 72:47
1977, 563:20
1981, 355:5
1985, 245:2
1999, 197:5
2006, 76:12
2014, 167:34
2015, 229:10, eff. July 1, 2015
2022, 314:12, eff. July 1, 2022
2024, 327:118, eff. July 1, 2024

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s adopted by the executive director pursuant to RSA 541-a. 2 Optometry; Definitions. Amend RSA 327:1, III(c)-(m) to read as follows: (c) Miotic agents [approved pursuant to RSA 327:6-a, VI]. (d) Antibiotics, [sulfonomides] sulfonamides, and combinations thereof, which are topically applied or orally administered to treat or alleviate the effects of disease or abnormal conditions of the human eye, ad
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approved pursuant to RSA 327:6-a, VI]. (k) Anti-glaucoma agents provided that an optometrist may dispense or prescribe such agents if the optometrist has met the requirements of RSA 327:6-c. (l) Corticosteroids which are topically applied[, as approved by the board]. (m) Antivirals [which are approved pursuant to RSA 327:6-a, VI]. 3 Optometry; Authorization for Pharmaceutical Agents. Amend RSA 327:6-
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almic laser procedures. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Authorization to Perform Ophthalmic Laser Procedures. Amend RSA 327 by inserting after section 6-c the following new section: 327:6-d Authorization to Perform Ophthalmic Laser Procedures. I. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an optometrist licensed under this chapt