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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3056
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3056
(a) The board may issue a license to practice optometry to a person who meets all of the following qualifications: (1) Has a degree as a doctor of optometry issued by an accredited school or college of optometry. (2) Is currently licensed in another state. (3) Is currently a full
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3057
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3057
(a) The board may issue a license to practice optometry to a person who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has a degree as a doctor of optometry issued by an accredited school or college of optometry. (2) Has successfully passed the licensing examination for an optometr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3059
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3059
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all holders of licenses to practice optometry granted under this chapter to continue their education after receiving their licenses. The board shall adopt regulations that requi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 306
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 306
The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, may appoint and fix the compensation of such clerical or other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All such personnel shall perform their respective duties under the supervision a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3060
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3060
The board shall periodically develop and disseminate to all persons licensed to practice optometry information and educational material regarding all of the following: (a) The detection of child abuse and neglect. The board shall consult with the Office of Child Abuse Prevention
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 307
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 307
The director may contract for the services of experts and consultants where necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may provide compensation and reimbursement of expenses for such experts and consultants in accordance with state law.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3070
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3070
(a) Before engaging in the practice of optometry, each licensed optometrist shall notify the board in writing of the address or addresses where he or she is to engage in the practice of optometry and, also, of any changes in his or her place of practice. After providing the addre
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3070.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3070.1
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Health facility” means a health facility, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, exclusive of a hospital defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of that section. (2) “Residential
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3070.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3070.2
(a) As used in this section, “mobile optometric office” means a trailer, van, or other means of transportation in which the practice of optometry, as defined in Section 3041, is performed and which is not affiliated with an approved optometry school in California. (b) This sectio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3075
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3075
An optometrist shall post in each location where he or she practices optometry, in an area that is likely to be seen by all patients who use the office, his or her current license or other evidence of current license status issued by the board. The board may charge a fee as speci
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3076
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3076
A licensed optometrist shall deliver to each patient that makes a payment to the practice, excluding insurance copayments and deductibles, a receipt that contains all of the following information: (a) His or her name. (b) The number of his or her optometrist license. (c) His or h
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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.