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No officer, employee, or agent of a commercial or mercantile establishment, who is not a Virginia-licensed optometrist or physician, shall directly or indirectly control, dictate, or influence the professional judgment, including but not limited to the level or type of care or services rendered, of the practice of optometry by a licensed optometrist.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286624,"text":"No optometrist shall be directly or indirectly supervised within the scope of the practice of optometry by any officer, employee, or agent of a commercial or mercantile establishment, as defined in subsection C of \u00a7 54.1-3205, who is not a Virginia-licensed optometrist or physician. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 307 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59375,"section_number":"54.1-3205","catch_line":"Practicing in a commercial or mercantile establishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3205\/"}],"permalink":{"id":242999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80034,"identifier":"54.1-3205.1","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/1\/54.1-3205.1","url":"\/54.1-3205.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3205.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/1\/54.1-3205.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Supervision by unlicensed persons prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3205.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">optometrist<\/span> shall be directly or indirectly supervised within the scope of the <span class=\"dictionary\">practice of optometry<\/span> by any officer, employee, or agent of a commercial or mercantile establishment, as defined in subsection C of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Practicing in a commercial or mercantile establishment\" href=\"\/54.1-3205\/\">54.1-3205<\/a>, who is not a Virginia-licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">optometrist<\/span> or physician. No officer, employee, or agent of a commercial or mercantile establishment, who is not a Virginia-licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">optometrist<\/span> or physician, shall directly or indirectly control, dictate, or influence the professional <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span>, including but not limited to the level or type of care or services rendered, of the <span class=\"dictionary\">practice of optometry<\/span> by a licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">optometrist<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUPERVISION BY UNLICENSED PERSONS PROHIBITED (\u00a7 54.1-3205.1)\n\nNo optometrist shall be directly or indirectly supervised within the scope of\nthe practice of optometry by any officer, employee, or agent of a commercial or\nmercantile establishment, as defined in subsection C of \u00a7 54.1-3205, who is not\na Virginia-licensed optometrist or physician. No officer, employee, or agent of\na commercial or mercantile establishment, who is not a Virginia-licensed\noptometrist or physician, shall directly or indirectly control, dictate, or\ninfluence the professional judgment, including but not limited to the level or\ntype of care or services rendered, of the practice of optometry by a licensed\noptometrist.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 307.","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}}