Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1057 – Renewals; requirements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1057
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1041
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Optometry: means that practice in which a person employs primary eye care procedures including ophthalmic surgery such as YAG laser capsulotomy, laser peripheral iridotomy, and laser trabeculoplasty, except for those surgery procedures specifically excluded in Subsection D of this Section; measures the powers and range of vision of the human eye using subjective or objective means, including the use of lenses and prisms before the eye and autorefractors or other automated testing devices to determine its accommodative and refractive state and general scope of function; and the adaptation, sale, and dispensing of frames and lenses in all their forms, including plano or zero power contact lenses, to overcome errors of refraction and restore as near as possible, normal human vision, or for orthotic, prosthetic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purposes with respect to contact lenses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1041
A. Where the annual renewal fee required by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1056(1) is not paid on or before the first day of March, a delinquency fee of one hundred fifty dollars shall be imposed. Failure to pay the annual renewal fee and delinquency fee on or before the first day of July will provide a basis for the temporary suspension of a Louisiana optometry license. Payment of the license renewal fee made after the first day of July of each renewal year where the license has been suspended shall be accompanied by the one hundred fifty dollar delinquency fee, the one hundred fifty dollar reinstatement fee, as well as any costs or expenses, including attorney fees, which may be caused by the need for the institution of disciplinary proceedings, fines imposed in disciplinary proceedings, and all other applicable fees, including a license reinstatement fee. Failure to pay the annual renewal fee, delinquency fee or reinstatement fee on or before the first day of January of the year following the delinquency shall be cause for the board to revoke a Louisiana optometry license.
B. Where satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirement, as required by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1056(2) is not submitted to the board on or before the first day of March, a delinquency fee of one hundred fifty dollars shall be imposed. Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirement on or before the first day of July shall provide a basis for the temporary suspension of a Louisiana optometry license. Satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirement provided to the board after the first day of July of each renewal year where the license has been suspended shall be accompanied by the one hundred fifty dollar delinquency fee, the one hundred fifty dollar reinstatement fee, as well as any cost or expenses, including attorney fees, which may be caused by the need for the institution of disciplinary proceedings, fines imposed in disciplinary proceedings, and all other applicable fees, including a license reinstatement fee. Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirement on or before the first day of January of the year following the delinquency shall be cause for the board to revoke a Louisiana optometry license.
Amended by Acts 1969, No. 116, §1; Acts 2003, No. 987, §1; Acts 2006, No. 596, §1.