Board cannot establish rules and regulations regarding one's outside activities.

- State Board of Dispensing Opticians does not have authority to establish rules and regulations, with reference to a person's outside activities, and thus refuse to issue a license to one otherwise qualified under the law. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 549.

Restrictions on eye care and treatment performed by physicians, optometrists, and opticians.

- Physician licensed in this state is unrestricted in the eye care and treatment afforded the physician's patients, including the fabrication and use of contact lenses, medicine, drugs, and surgery. An optometrist may employ any means, except drugs, medicine, or surgery, in the treatment of the human eye, including contact lenses. A dispensing optician may prepare and dispense optical devices upon the prescription of a physician or optometrist, or may duplicate lenses without a prescription. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-19.

Dispensing optician may not examine a patient's eyes for the purpose of determining whether or not the patient may wear contact lenses. However, the duplication of a contact lens from an original contact lens, without examination, is not prohibited. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-19.

Optician may not duplicate contact lens from spectacle lens.

- Authority vested in a dispensing optician to duplicate a lens is an exception to the general statutory scheme providing for preparation and dispensing of optical devices upon a prescription. Exceptions must be strictly construed; thus, a dispensing optician may duplicate a spectacle lens from another such lens, but may not duplicate a contact lens from a spectacle lens. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-19.

Requirements for license without examination.

- If a person were engaged in trade of a dispensing optician at time of passage of this statute, and made application on prescribed forms, within time limit, and paid the fee, the person would be entitled to receive a license without examination under provisions of the law. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 549.

Board must return fee when rejecting grandfathered license application.

- When the State Board of Dispensing Opticians receives an application for a license under "grandfather clause" of Ga. L. 1956, p. 148 creating the board, the fee received therewith must be refunded if the application is rejected. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 547.

ALR.

- Construction of "grandfather clause" of statute or ordinance regulating or licensing business or occupation, 4 A.L.R.2d 667.

Right to enjoin business competitor from unlicensed or otherwise illegal acts or practices, 90 A.L.R.2d 7.

Single or isolated transactions as falling within provisions of commercial or occupational licensing requirements, 93 A.L.R.2d 90.