Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 320.300 (2026)

Unlawful practices

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It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this chapter for any person: (1) To sell, fit, or dispense visual aids except upon the written prescription of an optometrist, physician, or osteopath regularly licensed to practice optometry, medicine, or osteopathy; (2) To practice optometry, directly or indirectly, or to hold oneself out as being able so to do without first having obtained a license from the board; (3) Who writes a prescription for visual aid glasses, to receive any part of the price paid to a third person for filling the prescription or for the third person to pay to the person writing the prescription any part of the price paid for filling the prescription; (4) To practice optometry under any name other than his own, except as permitted by the board in its regulations. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 10, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 11.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1958–2008 · leading case: Head v. New Mexico Bd. of Examiners in Optometry, 374 U.S. 424 (1963).

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Head v. New Mexico Bd. of Examiners in Optometry, 374 U.S. 424 (1963). · cites it 2× “§§ 63-1018a (e), 63-1019 (f) (1961); Ky. Rev. Stat. § 320.300; La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1063; Mich.”

Econ. Optical Co. v. Kentucky Bd. of Optometric Examiners, 310 S.W.2d 783 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 2× “The statute involved is KRS 320.300, which, in part, is: “It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this chapter for any person: * * * ‡ * * “(3) To advertise by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the cost or price of visual aid glasses; to offer such…”

Timothy Landis v. Pinnacle Eye Care, LLC (6th Cir. 2008). “040; and (3) unlicensed practice of optometry by Schmitt and VisionFirst in violation of Ky. Rev. Stat. § 320.300. Specifically, Landis alleged that VisionFirst ordered a stop 1 The full text reads: Practice and Optometrist shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any…”

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