Ark. Code Ann. § 17-90-102: Exemptions

This chapter does not:

(1) Apply to physicians and surgeons nor to persons who sell eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, contact lenses, frames, mountings, or prisms at wholesale on individual prescriptions to optometrists, physicians, and surgeons;

(2) Prohibit the sale of ready-made eyeglasses and spectacles when sold as merchandise at any established place of business where no attempt is made to practice optometry; or

(3) Apply to the practice of optometry through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the optometrist has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.