65-1522. Professional corporations, limited liability company, associations, sole practitioners; practice locations, franchise agreements.
65-1522
65-1522. Professional corporations, limitedliability company, associations, sole practitioners;practice locations, franchise agreements.(a) A licensee may practice optometry under the name of a professionalcorporation, authorized by K.S.A. 17-2706 and amendments thereto or alimited liability company authorized by K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 17-7668andamendments thereto. Suchprofessional corporate name or limited liability company name maycontain a trade name or assumed nameapproved by the board.
(b) A licensee may practice as a sole practitioner or may associate withother licensees or health care providers licensed under the laws of thestate of Kansas and may practice optometry as a sole practitioner or insuch associations under a trade or assumed name approved by the board.
(c) A licensee may practice in a medical facility, medical carefacility or a governmental institution or agency.
(d) A licensee shall not be limited in the number oflocations from which the licensee may engage in the practice of optometrypursuant to subsections (a),(b) and (c).
(e) In all office locations a licensee shall:
(1) Provide adequate staff during the hours of its operation and shallprovide the necessary optometric equipment to enable a licensee to provideadequate optometric care on the premises; and
(2) provide that there shall be present at the office location a personlicensed by optometry law when optometric practice acts requiring a licenseare performed at the office location.
(f) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit thefranchised practice of optometry except that a licensee may purchase afranchise to engage in the business of optical dispensing separate andapart from any of the licensee's offices for the practice of optometry solong as the terms of the franchise agreement do notviolate the optometry law.
History: L. 1990, ch. 223, § 18;L. 1996, ch. 95, § 6;L. 1999, ch. 23, § 7;L. 1999, ch. 152, § 1; Jan. 1, 2000.