683.020 License required to practice optometry

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OR Code › Title 52 › Chapter 683 › Section 683.020

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Except as provided in ORS 676.347 (Volunteer practice by out-of-state health care practitioner) , a person may not engage in the practice of optometry or purport in any way to be an optometrist or an expert in the field of optometry without having first obtained a license from the Oregon Board of Optometry as provided for in ORS 683.010 (Definitions for ORS 683.010 to 683.310) to 683.340 (Duty to report prohibited conduct) . In any prosecution for the violation of this section, the use of test cards, test lenses or of trial frames is prima facie evidence of the practice of optometry. [Amended by 1971 c.102 §2; 1987 c.443 §1; 2022 c.62 §7]

Source: Section 683.020 — License required to practice optometry; exception , https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors683.html (accessed May 26, 2025).

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