320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions

320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions.

(1) No person shall practice optometry in this Commonwealth or hold himself or

herself out as being able to do so unless he or she is the holder of a license duly

issued to him or her by the board and registered in the manner provided by KRS

320.290.

(2) A license to practice optometry shall not be required by physicians or osteopaths

currently licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy at any place in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit persons from fitting, adjusting,

or dispensing visual aid glasses or other lenses or appurtenances if the fitting,

adjusting, or dispensing is done upon the written prescription of a currently licensed

optometrist, physician, or osteopath, nor shall this chapter be construed as requiring

these persons to be licensed under this chapter.

(4) Nothing in this chapter or in the administrative regulations promulgated by the

board pursuant to this chapter shall be interpreted to limit or restrict a licensed

health care practitioner or provider from engaging in the full scope of practice

authorized by the license for that person's profession, training, or services.