Chap. 469.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1638 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [S B 227]

Approved March 28, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
sixteen hundred and thirty-eight, of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1638. Nothing in this or the nine preceding sections shall
be construed to apply to duly licensed physicians, authorized to prac-
tice medicine under the laws of this State, nor to the dispensing of
spectacles, eyeglasses, or lenses, either on prescriptions from physicians
or duly qualified optometrists, or as merchandise from a permanently
located and established place of business.

The house to house soliciting for the purpose of fitting or selling or
peddling spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses by any optometrist or any other
person is hereby prohibited, and any optometrist guilty of any such
conduct shall have his certificate revoked by the State board of ex-
aminers in optometry.

Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be
punishable as such.