Chap. 32.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1625, 1626, 1629, 1630, i. and
1632 of the Code of Virginia. {[S B 60]

Approved February 18, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions sixteen hundred and twenty-five, sixteen hundred and twenty-six,
sixteen hundred and twenty-nine, sixteen hundred and thrty, sixteen
hundred and thirty-one and sixteen hundred and thirty-two of -
the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
ol ows:

Section 1625. The Virginia State board of examiners in optom-
etry, composed of five members, appointed by the governor, estab-
lished by the act approved March eleventh, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, shall be continued. The members of the board in office
when this Code takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration
of their respective terms and as the said terms expire, the Governor shall
appoint their successors for a term of three years. Vacancies shall
be filled for the unexpired term only. For the purpose of the appoint-
ment of members of the board, whether it be a new appointment or to
fill a vacancy, the Virginia optometric association, incorporated, shall
furnish the governor with the names of twice the numbers of examiners
to be appointed, and the governor may make the appointment or
appointments from the names so furnished.

Section 1626. The members of the board mentioned in the pre-
ceding section shall possess sufficient knowledge of theoretical and
practical optometry to practice optometry, and shall have been resi-
dents of this State actually engaged in the practice of optometry within
the meaning of this chapter for at least two years.

Section 1629. Every person not having been duly registered under the
act approved March eleventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen, regulat-
ing the practice of optometry, who desires to practice optometry in
this State, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence, verified by oath,
that he is of more than twenty-one years of age, of good moral character,
has a preliminary education equivalent-te-at least four years in a public
high school and has graduated from a school of optometry, maintain-
ing a standard satisfactory to the board of examiners in optometry,
shall stand an examination before said board of examiners in optom-
etry, which examination shall include anatomy, physiology, pathology
of the eye, and the use of the -ephthalmoscope to determine his qualifi-
cations therefor. Every candidate successfully passing examination
shall be registered by said board of examiners in optometry as possessing
the qualifications required by law, and shall receive from said board
of examiners in optometry a certificate to that effect.

Section 1630. The fee for examination and certificate shall be
twenty-five dollars, to be paid to the secretary of the board by the
applicant upon filing his application. If the applicant fails in only
one subject, he may have one or more examination at the next meeting
of the board without any additional fee. Any person who has suc-
cessfully passed a standard examination in optometry in any State
of the United States and is the holder of a certificate to that effect,
issued by the board of such State, and has conducted an ethicel pro-
fessional practice of optometry for at least one year next prior, may
upon application to the Virginia State board of examiners in optom-
etry, upon the payment of the amount of the regular examination
fee, be issued a certificate without examination, and be registered as
qualified to practice optometry in this State; provided the standard of
qualifications and examination under which he secured such certificate
to practice was at least as high as that prevailing in Virginia, at the
time of his making application to be so registered. And_ provided
further that such applicant has not failed in an examination in optom-
etry before the Virginia State board of examiners in optometry and
that the State from which such applicant comes grants like privileges
(© persons who have passed the examination of the Virginia State
board of examiners in optometry.”
The examination papers prepared by any applicant for a certificate
shall be preserved and open to inspection by the applicant or any other
interested person, after the result of such examination is announced.

Any person of good moral character above twenty-one years of
age, who has practiced optometry for not less than one year in any
State of the United States, having entrance requirements as high as
Virginia, shall upon application to the secretary of the board be issued
a certificate to practice optometry in this State without an examina-
tion.

Section 1631. Every registered optometrist, whether by examina-
tion or exemption, shall pay to the secretary of the board each year,
on or before the first day of September, five dollars as yearly fee for
renewal of certificate.

Section 1632. The funds realized from the aforesaid fees and
license shall be applied to the payment of all necessary expenses of the
board of examiners in optometry including a per diem of not more than
ten dollars to each member and necessary expenses in traveling to and
from place of meeting, when said board is in session, or on the business
of said board, and the employment of attorneys to assist in prosecuting
violations of section sixteen hundred and thirty-six. All per diem ex-
penses, salary, etcetera, to members of the board shall be paid from
funds of the board and shall in no manner be an expense to the State.
All moneys received in excess of the expenditures of said board shall
be held by the treasurer thereof as a special fund for meeting the ex-
penses of said board.