{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-336.120","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 336.120","heading":"Persons exempt from operation of law.","body":"The following persons, firms and corporations are exempt from the operation of the provisions of this chapter except the provisions of section 336.200:\n(1) Physicians or surgeons of any school lawfully entitled to practice in this state;\n(2) Persons, firms and corporations, not engaged in the practice of optometry, who sell eyeglasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of business on prescription from persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice either optometry or medicine and surgery;\n(3) Persons, firms and corporations who manufacture or deal in eyeglasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of business, and who neither practice nor attempt to practice optometry, and who do not use a trial case, trial frame, test card other than that used by the customer or customers alone, vending machine or other mechanical means to assist the customer in selecting glasses.","path":["Title XXII - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS","Chapter 336 - Optometrists"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=336.120","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"008691bf74af83febbad51e2d3017b6a0b62f6fda4086151b1acdd72773a24fe","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-336.115","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-336.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}