Florida Statute 463.0001 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 463
OPTOMETRY

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463.0001 Short title.—This chapter shall be known as the “Optometry Practice Act.”

History.—ss. 1, 21, ch. 86-289; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Fla. Med. Ass'n v. Dept. of Prof. Reg., 426 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 22 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

193 Okla. 233, 143 P.2d 427 (1943). [13] Section 463.001(2) provides: "(2) The sole legislative purpose

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Bd. of Optometry Etc. v. Florida Med. Ass'n, 463 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

"unskilled and incompetent" practitioners. Section 463.001, Florida Statutes (1983). We are of the opinion

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Serian v. State, 588 So. 2d 251 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 193328

the protection of the citizens of the state. Section 463.001, Florida Statutes (1989) provides: The sole

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Fisher v. Schumacher, 72 So. 2d 804 (Fla. 1954).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1454

is recognized as a profession in this State, Section 463.01 F.S.A. It is administered by the Florida State

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Weber v. Florida State Bd. of Optometry, 73 So. 2d 408 (Fla. 1954).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1541

naturopathic physicians. An examination of Section 463.01 defining optometry and 462.01 defining naturopathy

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State v. Yanes, 231 So. 2d 212 (Fla. 1970).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1970 Fla. LEXIS 2854

several instances, are obviously directed to Section 463.01. The trial court in his Order was plainly concerned

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