An office maintained for the practice of optometry must be clean and sanitary. The office must be exclusive of any other business and must be physically disconnected from any commercial business or influence in the same building by use of floor-to-ceiling wall separations and a separate front entrance to the outside or to common hallways.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 66, effective January 8, 1980; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 21 SDR 35, effective August 30, 1994 ; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 36-7-15 (2) , 36-7- 25 (8) .

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-7-15 ( 2 ).

Prior versions effective: 1994-08-30.