38-2607 Practice of optometry; activities not included.
38-2607. Practice of optometry; activities not included.The practice of optometry shall not be construed to:(1) Include merchants or dealers who sell glasses as merchandise in an established place of business or who sell contact lenses from a prescription for contact lenses written by an optometrist or a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery and who do not profess to be optometrists or practice optometry;(2) Restrict, expand, or otherwise alter the scope of practice governed by other statutes; or(3) Include the performance by an optometric assistant, under the supervision of a licensed optometrist, of duties prescribed in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department, with the recommendation of the board. SourceLaws 1927, c. 167, ยง 112, p. 487; C.S.1929, ยง 71-1602; R.S.1943, ยง 71-1,134; Laws 1979, LB 9, ยง 2; Laws 1998, LB 369, ยง 2; Laws 2002, LB 1062, ยง 30; R.S.1943, (2003), ยง 71-1,134; Laws 2007, LB236, ยง 21; Laws 2007, LB463, ยง 879.