326.030 Licenses required

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KY Code › Title XXVI › Chapter 326 › Section 326.030

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326.030 Licenses required.

No person shall engage in the practice of ophthalmic dispensing unless he or she is duly

licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or optometry in this Commonwealth or unless

he or she is the holder of a license as an ophthalmic dispenser; provided, this section shall

not be so construed as to prohibit a firm or corporation from operating a business which

comes within the meaning of ophthalmic dispensing, if each of its employees either (1)

coming in contact with the public and performing for the public any service or services

included within the meaning of ophthalmic dispensing, or (2) otherwise performing any

work or service required by this chapter to be performed by an ophthalmic dispenser, is

the holder of a license as an ophthalmic dispenser.

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