The Legislature finds and declares that the public health, safety, and welfare of the State of Vermont requires the exercise of the authority of this State to safeguard the people of Vermont and further that the right to practice optometry is a privilege conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of personal and professional qualifications.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 26, § 1701
Legislative findings
Known as the Vermont Optometry Practice Act
The act spans §§ 26-1701–26-1728b (28 sections).
Added 1979, No. 158 (Adj
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