ORS 683.020
License required to practice optometry

  • exception
Except as provided in ORS 676.347 (Volunteer practice by out-of-state health care practitioner), a person may not engage in the practice of optometry or purport in any way to be an optometrist or an expert in the field of optometry without having first obtained a license from the Oregon Board of Optometry as provided for in ORS 683.010 (Definitions for ORS 683.010 to 683.310) to 683.340 (Duty to report prohibited conduct). In any prosecution for the violation of this section, the use of test cards, test lenses or of trial frames is prima facie evidence of the practice of optometry. [Amended by 1971 c.102 §2; 1987 c.443 §1; 2022 c.62 §7]

Source: Section 683.020 — License required to practice optometry; exception, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors683.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

683.010
Definitions for ORS 683.010 to 683.310 683.020
License required to practice optometry 683.030
Persons and practices not affected 683.035
Discrimination against optometrists prohibited 683.040
Qualifications of applicants 683.060
Examination of applicants 683.070
Issuance of certificates of licensure 683.080
Validity of certificates issued under former law 683.100
Notice to board of place of practice 683.110
Optometrist to give receipt when practicing away from regular place of business 683.120
License renewal 683.130
Clinics and instructors connected with educational institutions 683.140
Grounds for and nature of discipline 683.155
Hearing 683.165
Confidential information 683.170
Sanction may be set aside by board 683.180
Prohibited acts and practices 683.190
Acceptance of lens for duplication by unlicensed person prohibited 683.200
Standards of liability 683.210
Continuing education requirement 683.220
Licensing of applicant holding license in another state 683.230
Practice of telemedicine 683.240
Council on Optometric Nontopical Formulary 683.250
Oregon Board of Optometry 683.260
Persons ineligible for membership on board 683.270
Powers and duties of board 683.278
Continuing authority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of license 683.290
Disposition of receipts 683.310
Professional corporation regulation not required 683.325
Investigation of complaints and alleged violations 683.330
Injunction for violation 683.335
Report of suspected violation 683.340
Duty to report prohibited conduct 683.510
Definitions for ORS 683.520 to 683.530 683.520
Scope of practice of optician 683.525
Acceptance of lens for duplication 683.530
Discrimination against opticians prohibited 683.990
Penalties
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Current through early 2026

§ 683.020. License required to practice optometry's source at oregon​.gov