Nebraska § 38-2607 Practice of optometry; activities not included

Nebraska Statutes

§ 38-2607 — Practice of optometry; activities not included

Nebraska § 38-2607

Ch. 38Health Occupations and Professions

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2607 (2026).

Text

The practice of optometry shall not be construed to:

(1)Include merchants or dealers who sell glasses as merchandise in an established place of business or who sell contact lenses from a prescription for contact lenses written by an optometrist or a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery and who do not profess to be optometrists or practice optometry;

(2)Restrict, expand, or otherwise alter the scope of practice governed by other statutes; or

(3)Include the performance by an optometric assistant, under the supervision of a licensed optometrist, of duties prescribed in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department, with the recommendation of the board.

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The practice of optometry shall not be construed to:
(1) Include merchants or dealers who sell glasses as merchandise in an established place of business or who sell contact lenses from a prescription for contact lenses written by an optometrist or a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery and who do not profess to be optometrists or practice optometry;
(2) Restrict, expand, or otherwise alter the scope of practice governed by other statutes; or
(3) Include the performance by an optometric assistant, under the supervision of a licensed optometrist, of duties prescribed in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department, with the recommendation of the board.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1927, c. 167, § 112, p. 487; C.S.1929, § 71-1602; R.S.1943, § 71-1,134; Laws 1979, LB 9, § 2; Laws 1998, LB 369, § 2; Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 30; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,134; Laws 2007, LB236, § 21; Laws 2007, LB463, § 879.