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RHODE ISLAND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY v. CANNON

No. 73-146-Appeal.

317 A.2d 124 (1974)

RHODE ISLAND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY et al. v. Joseph E. CANNON, M.D., Director of Health, State of Rhode Island et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Reargument Denied May 3, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler & Biener, Milton Stanzler, Julius C. Michaelson, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Richard J. Israel, Atty. Gen., W. Slater Allen, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for Joseph E. Cannon, M.D., Mary Ellen McCabe.

Letts, Quinn & Licht, Frank Licht, Jerome B. Spunt, Providence, for Rhode Island Optometric Association and others Intervenors.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This civil suit is essentially a dispute between the state's licensed ophthalmologists and its licensed optometrists.1 The controversy had its inception in the passage and enactment of P.L. 1971, ch. 229. This statute amended the definition of optometry as found in G.L. 1956, § 5-35-1, so that any duly qualified optometrists would be permitted to use certain drugs as they evaluate a patient's vision...

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