Section 34-22-87 Comity.
Section 34-22-87
Comity.
Notwithstanding any provision of this article, the board shall only issue a special purpose license to practice optometry across state lines to an applicant whose principal practice location and license to practice is located in a state or territory of the United States whose laws permit or allow for the issuance of a special purpose license to practice optometry across state lines or similar license to an optometrist whose principal practice location and license is located in another state. It is the stated intent of this article that optometrists who hold a full and current license in the State of Alabama be afforded the opportunity to obtain, on a reciprocal basis, a license to practice optometry across state lines in any state or territory of the United States as a precondition to the issuance of a special purpose license as authorized by this article to an optometrist licensed in such state or territory. The Alabama Board of Optometry shall determine which states or territories have reciprocal licensure requirements meeting the qualifications of this section.
(Act 98-495, p. 956, §8.)