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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83029</law_id><section_number>54.1-1507</section_number><catch_line>Practice of opticians restricted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Opticians</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall practice or offer to practice as an <span class="dictionary">optician</span> in the Commonwealth unless he holds a license issued under this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1954, c. 237, &#xA7; 54-398.3; 1974, c. 534; 1988, c. 765, &#xA7; 54.1-1704; 2012, cc. 803, 835.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
