# KRS § 320.220: 320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.220

## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 320.220
- **Heading:** 320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.220

## Text

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.

## Nearby sections

- [KRS § 320.200 320.200 Declaration of legislative policy concerning practice of optometry](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.200.md)
- [KRS § 320.210 320.210 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.210.md)
- [KRS § 320.220 320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.220.md)
- [KRS § 320.230 320.230 Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Compensation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.230.md)
- [KRS § 320.240 320.240 Board's meetings, officers, powers, and duties -- Licensure and classification of optometrists -- Board to have sole authority over practice of optometry -- Authorization to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents and certain oral medications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.240.md)
- [KRS § 320.242 320.242 Immunity from liability of board members and employees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.242.md)
- [KRS § 320.250 320.250 Eligibility for license -- Examinations -- Applications for license](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.250.md)
- [KRS § 320.260 320.260 Holder of existing license exempt from examination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.260.md)
- [KRS § 320.270 320.270 Licensing by endorsement of persons from other states](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.270.md)
- [KRS § 320.280 320.280 Renewal certificates -- Administrative regulations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.280.md)
- [KRS § 320.290 320.290 Display of licenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.290.md)
- [KRS § 320.295 320.295 Prohibition against false, misleading, or deceptive advertising](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.295.md)
- [KRS § 320.300 320.300 Unlawful practices](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.300.md)
- [KRS § 320.310 320.310 Causes for refusal, limitation, revocation, or suspension of licenses -- Restitution or fines -- Branch offices -- Expungement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.310.md)

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