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PEARLE OPTICAL v. STATE BOARD

22109.

219 Ga. 364 (1963)

133 S.E.2d 374

PEARLE OPTICAL OF MONROEVILLE, INC. et al. v. STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 10, 1963.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyman, Abram, Young, Hicks & Maloof, Joseph Lefkoff, William G. Grant, Edenfield, Heyman & Sizemore, for plaintiffs in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney General, G. Hughel Harrison, William L. Grayson, Assistant Attorneys General, contra.

Rogers, Magruder & Hoyt, for party at interest not party to record.

QUILLIAN, Justice.

1. The issue as to whether the General Assembly was authorized in the exercise of the State's police power to create the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry and clothe that body with power to control the practice of optometry within the State and to formulate rules and regulations designed to effectuate this aim depends upon whether optometry is a learned profession vitally affecting the public health. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. City...

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