H. B. 3235


(By Delegate Azinger)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-8-10a, relating to requiring an optometrist office and an optician office that adjoin each other to have an interior door to each others facilities for use by customers.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-8-10a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. OPTOMETRISTS.
§30-8-10a. Requirements of optometrist office adjoining optician office.

Every optometrist office adjoining an optician office, and vice versa, shall have an interior door connecting the two offices for use by customers. The expense shall be shared equally by both the optometrist office and the optician office.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require an optometrist office and an optician office that adjoin each other to have an interior door to each others facilities.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.