South Carolina Code 40-37-350. Exceptions from application of chapter
(1) a bona fide student of optometry, medicine, or osteopathy in the clinic rooms or an approved program of an accredited school of optometry, medicine, or osteopathy;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-37-350
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) a commissioned officer in the armed services who is engaged in the practice of optometry in this State insofar as the practice is in the performance of the officer’s military duties; or
(3) an individual licensed in another jurisdiction who is in this State to make a clinical demonstration before a professional society or association, convention, school or college, or agency of the government.
(B) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to apply to:
(1) a physician licensed under Chapter 47 of Title 40, Physicians, Surgeons, and Osteopaths, in the due course of professional practice; or
(2) persons who sell as merchandise from an established place of business, ready-made eyeglasses or spectacles if the person does not aid the purchaser in the fitting of the eyeglasses or spectacles; or
(3) persons representing supply companies in the act of selling supplies or equipment to licensed eye-care providers.
(C) Nothing in this chapter precludes a licensed optician from practicing opticianry as defined by the laws of this State.