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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 718 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 206; in 2009, chapters 353<\/a> and 761<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73693,"section_number":"54.1-3204","catch_line":"Prohibited acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3204\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81627,"identifier":"54.1-1509","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/3\/54.1-1509","url":"\/54.1-1509\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1509\/","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/3\/54.1-1509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permissible practices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 7 and 8 of \u00a7 54.1-3204<\/a>, a licensed optician<\/span> is authorized to prepare and dispense eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related appurtenances, for the intended wearers or users, on prescriptions from licensed physicians<\/span> or licensed optometrists<\/span>; duplicate and reproduce previously prepared eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related appurtenances; and, in accordance with such prescriptions, duplications, or reproductions, measure, adapt, fit, and adjust eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or appurtenances to the human face. A licensed optician<\/span> shall not, however, duplicate a contact lens solely from a previously prepared contact lens.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMISSIBLE PRACTICES (\u00a7 54.1-1509)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 7 and 8 of \u00a7 54.1-3204, a\nlicensed optician is authorized to prepare and dispense eyeglasses, spectacles,\nlenses, or related appurtenances, for the intended wearers or users, on\nprescriptions from licensed physicians or licensed optometrists; duplicate and\nreproduce previously prepared eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related\nappurtenances; and, in accordance with such prescriptions, duplications, or\nreproductions, measure, adapt, fit, and adjust eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses,\nor appurtenances to the human face. A licensed optician shall not, however,\nduplicate a contact lens solely from a previously prepared contact lens.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 718, \u00a7 54.1-1706; 1993, c. 206; 2009, cc. 353, 761; 2012, cc.\n803, 835.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}