§ 25-24-1-4 — Practice of optometry defined

The practice of optometry is hereby defined to
be any one of the following acts, or any combination of, or part of the
following acts:
(a) The examination or diagnosis of the human eye, to ascertain the
presence of abnormal conditions or functions which may be diagnosed,
corrected, remedied or relieved, or the application or prescription of
lenses, prisms, exercises, or any physical, mechanical, physiological or
psychological therapy, or the employment of any means, for the
purpose of detecting any diseased or pathological condition of the eye,
or the effects of any diseased or pathological condition of the eye,
which may have any significance in a complete optometric diagnosis
of the eye or its associated structures.
(b) The application, use, or adaption of physical, anatomical,
physiological, psychological or any other principles through scientific
professional methods and devices, to the examination of the eyes and
vision, measuring their function for the purpose of determining the
nature and degree of their departure from the normal, if any, and
adopting optical, physiological and psychological measures and/or the
furnishing or providing any prosthetic or therapeutic devices for the
emendation thereof.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.187, s.4; Acts 1913, c.359, s.3; Acts
1919, c.207, s.3; Acts 1935, c.38, s.4.