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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3005
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3005
As used in this chapter, “place of practice” means any location where optometry is practiced.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3006
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3006
As used in this chapter, the term “advertise” and any of its variants include the use of a newspaper, magazine, the Internet, or other publication, book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, window display, store sign, radio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3007
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3007
An optometrist shall retain a patient’s records for a minimum of seven years from the date he or she completes treatment of the patient. If the patient is a minor, the patient’s records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date he or she completes treatment of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 301
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 301
It is the intent of the Legislature and the purpose of this chapter to promote and protect the interests of the people as consumers. The Legislature finds that vigorous representation and protection of consumer interests are essential to the fair and efficient functioning of a fr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3010.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3010.1
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California State Board of Optometry in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3010.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3010.5
(a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a California State Board of Optometry in which the enforcement of this chapter is vested. The board consists of 11 members, 5 of whom shall be public members and one of the nonpublic members shall be an individual registered as a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3011
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3011
(a) Members of the board, except the public members and the registered dispensing member, shall be appointed only from persons who are registered optometrists of the State of California and actually engaged in the practice of optometry at the time of appointment or who are member
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3013
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3013
(a) Each member of the board shall hold office for a term of four years, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year shall have elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3014
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3014
The board shall elect from its membership a president, a vice president, and a secretary who shall hold office for one year or until the election and qualification of a successor.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3014.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3014.6
(a) The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in the executive officer by this chapter. (b) This section shall remain in effec
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3016
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3016
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3017
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3017
The board shall hold regular meetings every calendar quarter. Special meetings shall be held upon request of a majority of the members of the board or upon the call of the president.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3018
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3018
The board shall keep an accurate record of all of its licensees, proceedings, and meetings.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3019
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3019
The board shall keep a record of all prosecutions for violations of this chapter and of all applications for licensure and examination.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 302
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 302
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs. (b) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs. (c) “Consumer” means any individual who seeks or acquires, by purchase or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3020
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3020
(a) There shall be established under the California State Board of Optometry a dispensing optician committee to advise and make recommendations to the board regarding the regulation of dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, and contact lens dispensers, registered pursua
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3021
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3021
The board shall have rulemaking authority with respect to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550) in accordance with Section 3025. Regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550) by the Medical Board of California prior to the effective date of this
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3023
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3023
For the purposes of this chapter, the board shall accredit schools, colleges, and universities in or out of this state providing optometric education, that it finds giving a sufficient program of study for the preparation of optometrists.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3023.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3023.1
(a) The nonresident contact lens seller program established under Chapter 5.45 (commencing with Section 2546) and the registered dispensing optician, spectacle lens dispensing, and contact lens dispensing programs established under Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550) are h
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3024
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3024
The board may grant or refuse to grant an optometrist license as provided in this chapter and may revoke or suspend the license of any optometrist for any of the causes specified in this chapter. It shall have the power to administer oaths and to take testimony in the exercise of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3024.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3024.5
(a) Information sent from an email account of the board to a valid email address provided by an applicant, registrant, or licensee is presumed to have been delivered to the provided email address. (b) In the interest of protecting the privacy of applicants, registrants, and licen
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025
The board may make and promulgate rules and regulations governing procedure of the board, the admission of applicants for examination for a license as an optometrist, and the practice of optometry. All of those rules and regulations shall be in accordance with and not inconsisten
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025.1
The board may adopt rules and regulations that are, in its judgment, reasonable and necessary to ensure that optometrists have the knowledge to adequately protect the public health and safety by establishing educational requirements for admission to the examinations for licensure
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025.2
The board may adopt rules and regulations that are, in its judgment, reasonable and necessary to ensure that optometrists have the knowledge to adequately protect the public health and safety by governing its accreditation of schools, colleges, and universities that provide optom
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3025.5
The board may adopt regulations prescribing minimum standards governing the optometric services offered or performed, the equipment, or the sanitary conditions, in all offices for the practice of optometry, which are necessary to protect the health and safety of persons availing