to practice optometry in the District of Columbia: And provided further, That before an applicant from another State can make application for a reciprocity license he shall have been in reputable and continuous practice at least five years prior to his application.
Page 8, line 19, after the period insert:
A duly certified copy of said record shall be recorded in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in the trial of any case, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia to keep a special book for the purpose of recording said licenses, and shall, upon application and the payment of a fee of 50 cents, deliver to any person applying therefor a certificate that the license has been recorded in compliance with the provisions of this act.
Page 9, line 3, after "$15", insert "for which he shall receive a renewal of his certificate".
Page 10, line 11, strike out, beginning with the word "advertises", down through the semicolon in line 13.
Page 10, line 16, strike out, beginning with the semicolon, down to the period in line 19.
Page 10, after line 19, insert:
(h) That said licensee has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules enacted in accordance therewith regulating the practice of optometry.
Page 12, line 5, strike out, beginning with the word "advertised," down through the semicolon in line 7.
Page 12, line 10, strike out, beginning with the semicolon, down to the period in line 13.
Page 13, line 8, strike out "The" and insert "If the".
Page 17, line 17, after "provisions", insert "of sections 8 and 9". Page 18, line 2, after the word "surgeons", insert the words "and osteopaths".
The purpose of the bill is to further regulate and improve the practice of optometry in the District of Columbia and clarify certain sections of the law under which optometrists may practice.
It sets up under sections 8 and 9 certain rules and regulations to further safeguard public health and provides for the suspension, revocation, or refusal of a license to any optometrist guilty of the violation of any of the provisions of those sections.
It further, in section 8, provides certain restrictions in the advertising of optometrical services, eliminates a number of advertising evils, including the use of the phrase "free examinations," which in the past has been used as an inducement to attract business.
It is a further purpose of this bill, as shown in section 15, to permit the legitimate practice of optometry by persons, firms, or partnerships who lease or own outright optical departments in their business establishments, such as department stores, jewelry stores, and the like.
In compliance with paragraph 2a of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of optometry in the District of Columbia," approved May 28, 1924, which will be superseded by the bill, if enacted, is shown below in black brackets.