Board of Examiners in Optometry v. Society of Professional Optometrists, Inc.

Mobley, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from the grant of a mandamus absolute.

The Society of Professional Optometrists, Inc., and two members of the society, brought a petition for mandamus against the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry, and its members, seeking to require the respondents to consider on its merits the seminar conducted by the society on February 11, 1973, to determine if they would approve the seminar for the purpose of complying with Code Ann. § 84-1109 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 234). The seminar was attended by 23 optometrists.

Code Ann. § 84-1109 requires that each person…