SB322 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, an optometrist is required to be free from any influences that would interfere with the exercise of professional judgment

This bill would prohibit manufacturers, wholesalers, or retailers of ophthalmic materials who lease space to an optometrist from directly, or indirectly, controlling or attempting to control the professional judgment or practice of the optometrist

Relating to optometrists; to prohibit manufacturers, wholesalers, or retailers of ophthalmic materials who lease space to an optometrist from directly, or indirectly, controlling or attempting to control the professional judgment or practice of the optometrist; to authorize the Alabama Board of Optometry to promulgate necessary rules; and to limit a cause of action under the bill to an optometrist, the board, and the Attorney General.