{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-8-10","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 30-8-10","heading":"Exceptions from licensure.","body":"The following persons are exempt from licensure under this article:\n(1) Persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery under article three of this chapter or osteopathy under article fourteen of this chapter; and\n(2) Persons and business entities who sell or manufacture ocular devices in a permanently established place of business, who neither practice nor attempt to practice optometry.","path":["CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.","ARTICLE 8. OPTOMETRISTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-8-10/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:13Z","sha256":"1e82f0b455825eba0e6833a4f6123e516a4ebe11c16162d44030fa6f967a2b30","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-8-9","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-8-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}