{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-8-17","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 30-8-17","heading":"Optometric business entities.","body":"(a) Only licensees may own a business entity that practices optometry.\n(b) A licensee may be employed by the business entity.\n(c) A business entity shall cease to engage in the practice of optometry when it is not wholly owned by licensees: Provided, That the personal representative of a deceased shareholder shall have a period, not to exceed eighteen months from the date of such shareholder's death, to dispose of such shares.","path":["CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.","ARTICLE 8. OPTOMETRISTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-8-17/","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":"6e64466830e7558b0ba1ba11639454755acfb27e2edef19238e233e24853e079","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-8-16","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-8-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}