Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 23 - STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
OFFICE OF OPTOMETRIST
Section 23.44 - Additional practice locations
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) No optometrist may establish an additional practice location for the practice of optometry until a notice of intention to do so, together with the fee specified at § 23.91 (relating to fees), has been submitted to the Board in compliance with § 23.33(a) (relating to practice), and a certified duplicate of the optometrist's license has been issued by the Board for permanent display at the new practice location. Separate notice and certification is required for each additional location.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) [Reserved].
(d) [Reserved].
(e) The notice to the Board shall specify persons who will be practicing optometry at the proposed new location, in addition to the optometrist filing the notice. If the new location will be owned by a professional corporation or established under a fictitious name, this notice shall certify compliance with the conditions specified at §§ 23.34 and 23.35 (relating to professional corporations; and fictitious names).
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h) [Reserved].
(i) [Reserved].
(j) [Reserved].
(k) The Board will maintain records noting the practice locations of each optometrist licensed in this Commonwealth.
The provisions of this §23.44 amended under section 3(b)(14) of the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act (63 P. S. § 244.3(b)(14)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 23.31 (relating to advertising); and 49 Pa. Code § 23.33 (relating to practice).
