In Funk Jewelry Co. v. State ex rel. La Prade, 46 Ariz. 348, 50 P.2d 945 (1935), the court reasoned that the inability of a corporation to obtain a license to operate a store that employed an optometrist made such a practice illegal. 46 Ariz. at 351, 50 P.2d at 946. Because "the defendant company could not conduct a business without a license" and the state had "the right to exclude any individual from practicing such profession unless he had met the statutory qualifications and obtained a license from the state," the court concluded that the defendant "is violating the law regulating optometry" by operating a store without such a license. Id.