NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 811

HOUSE BILL 1209

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 90, ARTICLE 6 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 90-118.2 is amended by adding a new paragraph to the end to read:

"A licensee who practices in more than one office location shall make application to the Board for a duplicate license for each branch office for display as required by this section. In issuing a duplicate license, the address of the branch office location and the original certificate number shall be included. At the time of the annual renewal of licenses, those optometrists who have been issued a duplicate license for a branch office, shall make application to the North Carolina Board of Examiners in Optometry on a form provided by the Board for the renewal of the license in the same manner as provided for in G.S. 90-118.10 for the renewal of his license. The holder of a certificate for a branch office may cancel it by returning the certificate to the Secretary of the Board."

Sec. 2. The second sentence of G.S. 90-118.3 is repealed.

Sec. 3. The fourth sentence of G.S. 90-123.1 is amended by deleting the word "provided" and substituting the word "approved".

Sec. 4. G.S. 90-118.8 is repealed.

Sec. 5. G.S. 90-118.9 is repealed.

Sec. 6. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1981.