Oregon Code § 683.180·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Prohibited acts and practices.
A person may not:
(1) Sell or
barter, or offer to sell or barter, any license issued by the Oregon Board of
Optometry.
(2) Purchase or
procure by barter any such license with intent to use it as evidence of the
holders qualification to practice optometry.
(3) Alter the
license with fraudulent intent in any material regard.
(4) Use or
attempt to use any such license which has been purchased, fraudulently issued,
counterfeited or materially altered as a valid license.
(5) Practice
optometry under a false or assumed name.
(6) Willfully
make any false statement in a material regard in an application for an
examination before the board or for a license.
(7) Practice
optometry in this state without having at the time of so doing a valid
unrevoked license as an optometrist.
(8) Advertise or
represent, by displaying a sign or otherwise, to be an optometrist without
having at the time of so doing a valid unrevoked license from the board.
(9) Dispense or
sell an ophthalmic contact lens without having obtained a valid, unexpired
prescription from the person to whom the contact lens is dispensed or sold. As
used in this subsection, ophthalmic contact lens means a contact lens with or
without refractive power, including a plano lens or a cosmetic lens. [Amended
by 1965 c.537 §1; 1971 c.102 §8; 1979 c.142 §4; 1987 c.443 §8; 2007 c.13 §1;
2019 c.234 §4]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 683.180
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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