Section 30-8-17 - Optometric business entities(a) Only licensees may own a business entity that practices optometry.(b) A licensee may be employed by the business entity.(c) A business entity shall cease to engage in the practice of optometry when it is not wholly owned by licensees: Provided, That the personal representative of a deceased shareholder shall have a period, not to exceed eighteen months from the date of such shareholder's death, to dispose of such shares.