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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3077
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3077
As used in this section, “office” means any office or other place for the practice of optometry, including but not limited to vans, trailers, or other mobile equipment. (a) No person, singly or in combination with others, may have an office unless that person is licensed to pract
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3078
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3078
(a) It is unlawful to practice optometry under a false or assumed name, or to use a false or assumed name in connection with the practice of optometry, or to make use of any false or assumed name in connection with the name of a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. However,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 308
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 308
The director shall notify the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature within 60 days after the position of chief or executive officer of any bureau or board within the department becomes vacant pursuant to Section 1770 of the Government Code.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3090
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3090
Except as otherwise provided by law, the board may take action against all persons guilty of violating this chapter or any of the regulations adopted by the board. The board shall enforce and administer this article as to licenseholders, including those who hold a retired license
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3090.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3090.5
The board may revoke a license issued to a licensee upon a decision, made in a proceeding as provided in Section 3092, that contains a finding of fact of either of the following: (a) The licensee has engaged in an act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient, as d
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3091
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3091
(a) The board may deny an optometrist license to any applicant guilty of unprofessional conduct or of any cause that would subject a licensee to revocation or suspension of his or her license; or, the board in its sole discretion, may issue a probationary license to an applicant
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3092
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3092
All proceedings against a licensee for any violation of this chapter or any of the regulations adopted by the board, or against an applicant for licensure for unprofessional conduct or cause, shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (comme
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3093
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3093
Before setting aside the revocation or suspension of any optometrist license, the board may require the applicant to pass the regular examination given for applicants for an optometrist license.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3094
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3094
In addition to other proceedings provided for in this chapter, whenever any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute, an offense against this chapter, the superior court in and for the county wherein the acts or pract
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3095
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3095
In accordance with Section 125.9, the board may establish a system for the issuance of citations, and the assessment of administrative fines, as deemed appropriate by the board.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3096
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3096
(a) A licensee may be ordered to undergo a professional competency examination if, after investigation and review by the Board of Optometry, there is reasonable cause to believe that the licensee is unable to practice optometry with reasonable skill and safety to patients. Reason
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3097
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3097
The sending of a solicitor from house to house or the soliciting from house to house by the holder of an optometrist license constitutes a cause to revoke or suspend his or her license.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3098
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3098
When the holder uses the title of “Doctor” or “Dr.” as a prefix to his or her name, without using the word “optometrist” as a suffix to his or her name or in connection with it, or, without holding a diploma from an accredited school of optometry, the letters “Opt. D.” or “O.D.”
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3099
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3099
No optometrist shall advertise or otherwise hold himself or herself out to be a specialist in eye disease and the treatment thereof.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 31
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 31
(a) As used in this section, “board” means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to en
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 310
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 310
The director shall have the following powers and it shall be his duty to: (a) Recommend and propose the enactment of such legislation as necessary to protect and promote the interests of consumers. (b) Represent the consumer’s interests before federal and state legislative hearin
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3100
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3100
The holding out as having a special knowledge of optometry, as defined in this chapter, by the holder of a license, constitutes a cause to revoke or suspend his or her license.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3101
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3101
It is unlawful to advertise by displaying a sign or otherwise or hold himself or herself out to be an optometrist without having at the time of so doing a valid unrevoked license from the board.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3102
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3102
It is unlawful to advertise as being free or without cost the furnishing of optometric services where these services are contingent upon payment or other exchange of consideration for goods or other services offered by the provider, unless that contingency is fully disclosed in t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3103
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3103
It is unlawful to include in any advertisement relating to the sale or disposition of goggles, sunglasses, colored glasses, or occupational eye-protective devices, any words or figures that advertise or have a tendency to advertise the practice of optometry. This section does not
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3104
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3104
The employing of what are known as “cappers” or “steerers” to obtain business constitutes unprofessional conduct.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3105
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3105
Altering or modifying the medical record of any person, with fraudulent intent, or creating any false medical record, with fraudulent intent, constitutes unprofessional conduct. In addition to any other disciplinary action, the California State Board of Optometry may impose a civ
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3106
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3106
Knowingly making or signing any license, certificate, or other document directly or indirectly related to the practice of optometry that falsely represents the existence or nonexistence of a state of facts constitutes unprofessional conduct.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3107
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3107
It is unlawful to use or attempt to use any license or certificate issued by the board that has been purchased, fraudulently issued, counterfeited, or issued by mistake, as a valid license or certificate.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3108
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3108
When the holder is suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, it constitutes a cause to suspend his or her license during the period of continuance of that disease.