1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 37
  3. CHAPTER 10
  4. Part 1
  5. 37-10-102 Exemptions

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 10. OPTOMETRY

Part 1. General

Exemptions

37-10-102. Exemptions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to:

(1) physicians and surgeons authorized to practice under the laws of the state of Montana;

(2) a person employed in the office of and acting under the direct personal supervision of a physician or surgeon;

(3) an optician performing the required mechanical work under an order or prescription signed by a duly licensed physician, surgeon, or optometrist;

(4) commissioned officers of the armed forces of the United States performing functions of this chapter in the line of their regular duty; or

(5) persons who sell spectacles or eyeglasses without attempting to traffic upon assumed skill in adapting them to the eye.

History: Ap. p. Ch. 138, L. 1907; Sec. 1621, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3169, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3169, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 252, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 512, L. 1977; Sec. 66-1316, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Ch. 138, L. 1907; Sec. 1608, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3156, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 171, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3156, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 252, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 88, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 130, Ch. 350, L. 1974; Sec. 66-1302, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1302(part), 66-1316.