Florida Statute 484.001 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

484.001 Purpose; legislative findings; intent.—

(1) The Legislature finds that the practice of opticianry by unskilled and incompetent practitioners presents a danger to the public health and safety. The Legislature finds further that it is difficult for the public to make an informed choice about opticians and that the consequences of a wrong choice could seriously endanger their health and safety. The only way to protect the public from the incompetent practice of opticianry is through the establishment of minimum qualifications for entry into the profession and through swift and effective discipline for those practitioners who violate the law.

(2) The sole purpose of enacting this part is for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.

History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-275; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 11, 12, ch. 86-254; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

Cases Citing F.S. 484.001

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·City of St. Petersburg v. Siebold, 48 So. 2d 291 (Fla. 1950).
Cited 66 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1445
Chapter 25255, Acts of 1949, Laws of Florida, F.S.A. § 484.01 et seq., is viz.: "An Act Creating a Board to
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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
declaration that its members were authorized by Section 484.01, Florida Statutes (1967) to prepare and fit
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Us Shoe Corp. v. Dept. of Pro. Reg., 578 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991).
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...a cannot serve as a sponsor, even though the optician's, physician's or optometrist's premises are within the same office area or building. Chapter 484, Florida Statutes (1989), is the controlling statute for the practice of opticianry. According to Section 484.001, the purpose of the statute and the rules implementing the statute is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public from the incompetent practice of opticianry....
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·Florida Ass'n of Dispensing Opticians v. Florida State Bd. of Optometry, 238 So. 2d 839 (Fla. 1970).
Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1970 Fla. LEXIS 2691
right to sell contact lenses pursuant to Florida Statute 484.01, but a dispensing optician has no statutory
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·United States Shoe Corp. v. Dep't of Prof'l Reg., Bd. of Opticianry, 578 So. 2d 376 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 3801, 1991 WL 54138
...ot serve as a sponsor, even though the optician’s, physician’s or optometrist’s premises are within the same office area or building. Chapter 484, Florida Statutes (1989), is the controlling statute for the practice of opticianry. According to Section 484.001, the purpose of the statute and the rules implementing the statute is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public from the incompetent practice of optician-ry....
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Florida Ass'n of Dispensing Opticians v. Florida State Bd. of Optometry, 227 So. 2d 736 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5175
contrary, by clear implication from .the language of § 484.01, dispensing opticians are authorized not only

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Cases Citing F.S. 484.001

·City of St. Petersburg v. Siebold, 48 So. 2d 291 (Fla. 1950).

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

Us Shoe Corp. v. Dept. of Pro. Reg., 578 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991).

·Florida Ass'n of Dispensing Opticians v. Florida State Bd. of Optometry, 238 So. 2d 839 (Fla. 1970).

·United States Shoe Corp. v. Dep't of Prof'l Reg., Bd. of Opticianry, 578 So. 2d 376 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).

Florida Ass'n of Dispensing Opticians v. Florida State Bd. of Optometry, 227 So. 2d 736 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969).