Use of Flammable Materials in Eyeglass Frames; Delivery of Completed Work by Offices, Companies, or Laboratories; Penalty

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  1. No person shall distribute, sell, exchange, deliver, or have in his possession with intent to distribute, sell, exchange, or deliver in this state any prescription eyeglass frame or prescription sunglass frame containing any form of cellulose nitrate or other highly flammable material.
  2. Optical offices, manufacturing companies, or laboratories which prepare lenses for prescription eyeglasses or sunglasses, including industrial safety eyewear, and which perform mechanical work upon inert materials in the preparation of such eyeglasses or sunglasses shall in every case deliver the completed product of their efforts only to the physician, optometrist, or licensed dispensing optician who ordered the work performed.
  3. Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows: the first offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.00; each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00.

(Code 1933, §§ 92A-1901, 92A-9931, enacted by Ga. L. 1970, p. 30, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 746, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 515, §§ 1, 2.)

Cross references.

- Dispensing opticians, T. 43, C. 29.

Optometrists, T. 43, C. 30.

Physicians, § 43-34-20 et seq.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Statute applies only to prescription sunglass frames. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-156.

Noncorrective sunglasses.

- General Assembly did not intend that plain noncorrective sunglasses should have safety lenses. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-156.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians and Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 250, 251.

C.J.S.

- 25 C.J.S., Customs and Usages, § 56 et seq.


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