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CA Bus & Prof Code § 3021 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3021.

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 section shall continue to be valid, except that any reference to the board or division contained therein shall be construed to mean the California State Board of Optometry, unless the context determines otherwise.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 81. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3023 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3023.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3023.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3023.1.

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 hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California and placed under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Optometry.(b) All the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdictions of the Medical Board of California under Chapter 5.45 (commencing with Section 2546) and Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550) shall be transferred to the State Board of Optometry.(c) For the performance of the duties and the exercise of the powers vested in the board under Chapter 5.45 (commencing with Section 2546) and Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550), the State Board of Optometry shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, or other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use by the Medical Board of California.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 405, Sec. 16. (AB 684) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3024 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3024.

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 these functions.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 4. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3025 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3025.

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 inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall be adopted, amended, or repealed in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 5. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3025.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3025.1.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 653, Sec. 12. (SB 1489) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3025.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3025.2.

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 optometric education. In promulgating these rules and regulations, or in extending accreditation, the board may, to the extent that it deems consistent with the purposes of this chapter, recognize, accept, or adopt the advice, recommendation, accreditation, or approval of a nationally recognized accrediting agency or organization.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3025.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3025.5.

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 themselves of the services offered or performed in such offices.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1464.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3025.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3025.6.

3025.6.  The board may adopt regulations clarifying the level of training and the level of supervision of assistants.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1150, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3025.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3025.7.

3025.7.  Except as provided in Sections 3102 and 3103, nothing contained in Section 651.3 shall be construed as authorizing the board to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations relating to price fixing or advertising of commodities.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 393, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3026 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3026.

3026.  The board may adopt and use a common seal and establish a permanent office or offices.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 423.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3027 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3027.

3027.  The board shall employ an executive officer and other necessary assistance in the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter.The executive officer shall perform the duties delegated by the board and shall be responsible to it for the accomplishment of those duties. The executive officer shall not be a member of the board. With the approval of the Director of Finance, the board shall fix the salary of the executive officer. The executive officer shall be entitled to traveling and other necessary expenses in the performance of the executive officer’s duties.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 82. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3028 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3028.

3028.  The Attorney General shall act as the legal counsel for the board and his or her services shall be a charge against it.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 3030.

3030.  (a) The board, or its designated agent, may at any time inspect either of the following:(1) Any premise in which optometric services, as defined in Section 3041, are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided.(2) Any premise in which the services of dispensing, adjusting, or fitting of contact lenses or spectacle lenses are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant the board jurisdiction over the practice of medicine.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 564, Sec. 5. (AB 1708) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3040.

3040.  (a) It is unlawful for a person to engage in the practice of optometry or to advertise or hold himself or herself out as an optometrist without a valid, unrevoked California optometrist license. The practice of optometry includes the performing or controlling of any acts set forth in Section 3041.(b) In any prosecution for a violation of this section, the use of test cards, test lenses, or of trial frames is prima facie evidence of the practice of optometry.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 703, Sec. 24. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3041.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3041.1.

3041.1.  An optometrist diagnosing or treating eye disease shall be held to the same standard of care to which physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and surgeons are held. An optometrist shall consult with and, if necessary, refer to a physician and surgeon or other appropriate health care provider when a situation or condition occurs that is beyond the optometrists’s scope of practice. Consultations, referrals, and notifications required by this section shall be documented in the patient record.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 549, Sec. 3. (AB 443) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3041.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3041.2.

3041.2.  The California State Board of Optometry shall, by regulation, establish educational and examination requirements for licensure to ensure the competence of optometrists to practice pursuant to this chapter. Satisfactory completion of the educational and examination requirements shall be a condition for the issuance of an original optometrist license or certifications pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 83. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3042 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3042.

3042.  The provisions of this chapter do not prevent a licensed physician and surgeon from treating or fitting glasses to the human eye, or from doing any act within the practice of optometry, or a licensed physician and surgeon or optometrist from filling prescriptions or orders, nor do they prevent the replacing, duplicating or repairing of ophthalmic lenses, frames, or fittings by persons qualified to write or fill prescriptions or orders under the provisions of this chapter, nor prevent the doing of the mechanical work upon those lenses, frames, or fittings by an assistant, nor prevent an assistant acting under the responsibility and direction of a physician and surgeon or an optometrist from using any optical device in connection with ocular exercises, vision training, or orthoptics, or acts set forth in Section 2544.It is unlawful for a person to dispense, replace, or duplicate an ophthalmic lens without a prescription or order from a licensed physician and surgeon or optometrist.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3042.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3042.5.

3042.5.  (a) The practice of persons actually enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students of optometry in the clinical departments of schools or colleges of optometry accredited by the board shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that such practice shall be entirely confined to the operations of the clinical department of the accredited school or college of optometry and shall be carried on only in pursuing the study of optometry.(b) The board may grant, for specified periods, exemption from the provisions of this chapter to any person who is licensed in another state or country and who is employed as a clinician or instructor by an accredited school or college of optometry. Such exemption from the provisions of this chapter shall extend only to practice which is conducted for educational purposes and which is confined to the clinical department of the accredited school or college employing the person to whom the exemption is granted.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 110.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3043 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3043.

3043.  The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the sale of goggles, sun glasses, colored glasses or occupational eye-protective devices if they do not have refractive values nor do the provisions of this chapter prohibit the sale of complete ready to wear eyeglasses as merchandise by any person not holding himself out as competent to examine, test or prescribe for the human eye or its refractive errors.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 423.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3044 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3044.

3044.  A person over the age of 18 years desiring to engage in the practice of optometry in this state may file an application for examination and an application for licensure. The application shall be accompanied by the fee required by this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3045 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3045.

3045.  Applications shall be verified by the oath of the applicant and shall contain information and evidence satisfactory to the board showing the eligibility of the applicant.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3046 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3046.

3046.  In order to obtain a license to practice optometry in California, an applicant shall have graduated from an accredited school of optometry, passed the required examinations for licensure, not have met any of the grounds for denial established in Section 480, and not be currently required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code. The proceedings under this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 516, Sec. 14. (SB 305) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3047 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3047.

3047.  (a) The board shall develop an interface with the National Practitioner Data Bank for the purpose of conducting inquiries on applicants for licensure, applicants for renewal of licensure, and current licensees.(b) The board shall limit its inquiries to both of the following:(1) Whether an applicant or current licensee has been subject to discipline.(2) Whether an applicant or current licensee has been the subject of an action required to be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank by federal law.(c) On and after July 1, 2018, the board shall charge, in addition to the fees in Section 3152, an applicant for licensure and an applicant for renewal of licensure four dollars ($4) for the purposes of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 571, Sec. 17. (SB 1480) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3051.

3051.  All applicants for examination for an optometrist license in accordance with the educational and examination requirements adopted pursuant to Section 3023.1 shall show the board by satisfactory evidence that he or she has received education in child abuse detection and the detection of alcoholism and other chemical substance dependency. This section shall apply only to applicants who matriculate in a school of optometry on or after September 1, 1997.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 8. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3053.

3053.  All examinations shall be practical in character, designed to ascertain applicants’ fitness to practice the profession of optometry and conducted in the English language. The board may by rule or regulation accept the examination given by other agencies or organizations which it deems equivalent to the examination required to determine an applicant’s fitness to practice optometry.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 872.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3054.

3054.  The passing grades for the licensure examination shall be based on psychometrically sound principles of establishing minimum qualifications and levels of competency. If an applicant fails to pass any section of the examination, he or she may be examined in any succeeding examination held during the next five years only in those sections in which he or she failed to obtain a passing grade.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3055.

3055.  The board shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter, including the payment of the prescribed licensure, certification, or renewal fee, and who meets any other requirement in accordance with state law. A license or certificate issued under the chapter shall be subject to renewal as prescribed by the board and shall expire unless renewed in that manner. The board may provide for the late renewal of a license or certificate as provided for in Section 163.5.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7 - Optometry|ARTICLE 3 - Admission to Practice|Section 3056.

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-time faculty member of an accredited California school or college of optometry and has served in that capacity for a period of at least five continuous years.(4) Has attained, at an accredited California school or college of optometry, the academic rank of professor, associate professor, or clinical professor, except that the status of adjunct or affiliated faculty member shall not be deemed sufficient.(5) Has successfully passed the board’s jurisprudence examination.(6) Is in good standing, with no past or pending malpractice awards or judicial or administrative actions.(7) Has met the minimum continuing education requirements set forth in Section 3059 for the current and preceding year.(8) Has met the requirements of Section 3041.3 regarding the use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under subdivision (d) of Section 3041.(9) Has never had his or her license to practice optometry revoked or suspended.(10) (A) Is not subject to denial based on any of the grounds listed in Section 480.(B) Is not currently required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code.(11) Pays an application fee in an amount equal to the application fee prescribed by the board pursuant to Section 3152.(12) Files an application on a form prescribed by the board.(b) Any license issued pursuant to this section shall expire as provided in Section 3146, and may be renewed as provided in this chapter, subject to the same conditions as other licenses issued under this chapter.(c) The term “in good standing,” as used in this section, means that a person under this section:(1) Is not currently under investigation nor has been charged with an offense for any act substantially related to the practice of optometry by any public agency, nor entered into any consent agreement or subject to an administrative decision that contains conditions placed by an agency upon a person’s professional conduct or practice, including any voluntary surrender of license, nor been the subject of an adverse judgment resulting from the practice of optometry that the board determines constitutes evidence of a pattern of incompetence or negligence.(2) Has no physical or mental impairment related to drugs or alcohol, and has not been found mentally incompetent by a physician so that the person is unable to undertake the practice of optometry in a manner consistent with the safety of a patient or the public.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 549, Sec. 6. (AB 443) Effective January 1, 2018.)