SECTION 505:10-5-2. Prohibition against practicing in proximity to retail optical outlet

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(a) No optometrist shall, with intent or purpose to induce patronage for himself, practice optometry in such proximity to a retail optical outlet as to induce the public to associate his practice with such retail optical outlet.
(b) It shall be considered unprofessional and unethical to practice adjacent to a retail optical outlet without a solid wall between the two. There shall be no windows, doors or openings in the wall and there shall be no access from one side of the wall to the other and there shall be no referral of patients or persons from one side of the wall to the other.

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4167, eff 6-29-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1803, eff 6-12-95]

                    
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