The board shall have the authority and power to adopt, establish, enforce, and maintain rules and regulations applicable to the practice of optometry adequate to put this chapter into effect and to regulate the practice of optometry as a profession in conformity with and in compliance with accepted professional standards; provided, however, the board shall not provide by rule to restrict the location of the practice of a licensed doctor of optometry, and any such rule now in effect shall be null and void.
Georgia Legal Code