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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368628</law_id><section_number>54.1-3207</section_number><catch_line>Board of Optometry</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="12" identifier="32">Optometry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Board of Optometry</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be composed of six members as follows: five licensed <span class="dictionary">optometrists</span> and one citizen member. Licensed <span class="dictionary">optometrists</span> appointed to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be individuals who, at the time of appointment, (i) have been engaged in the <span class="dictionary">practice of optometry</span> for at least five years, (ii) have met all requirements for practice as an <span class="dictionary">optometrist</span> set forth in this chapter and are qualified to engage in the full scope of the <span class="dictionary">practice of optometry</span>, and (iii) are actively engaged in the delivery of clinical care to patients. The terms of office of the members shall be four years.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-371, 54-375; 1979, c. 39; 1986, c. 464; 1988, cc. 42, 765; 1996, cc. 152, 158; 2019, c. 340.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
