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CA Bus & Prof Code § 2556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2556.

2556.  (a) Except as authorized by Section 655, it is unlawful for a registered dispensing optician or a person who engages in the business of, or holds himself or herself out to be, a dispensing optician to do any of the following: to advertise the furnishing of, or to furnish, the services of an optometrist or a physician and surgeon, to directly employ an optometrist or physician and surgeon for the purpose of any examination or treatment of the eyes, or to duplicate or change lenses without a prescription or order from a person duly licensed to issue the same. For the purposes of this section, “furnish” does not mean to enter into a landlord-tenant relationship of any kind.(b) Notwithstanding Section 125.9, the board may, by regulation, impose and issue administrative fines and citations for a violation of this section or Section 655, which may be assessed in addition to any other applicable fines, citations, or administrative or criminal actions.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 703, Sec. 22. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2556.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2556.1.

2556.1.  All licensed optometrists and registered dispensing opticians who are in a colocated setting shall report the business relationship to the California State Board of Optometry, as determined by the board. The California State Board of Optometry shall have the authority to inspect any premises at which the business of a registered dispensing optician is colocated with the practice of an optometrist, for the purposes of determining compliance with Section 655. The inspection may include the review of any written lease agreement between the registered dispensing optician and the optometrist or between the optometrist and the health plan. Failure to comply with the inspection or any request for information by the board may subject the party to disciplinary action. The board shall provide a copy of its inspection results, if applicable, to the Department of Managed Health Care.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 53. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2556.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2556.5.

2556.5.  Any person who holds himself out as a “dispensing optician” or “registered dispensing optician” or who uses any other term or letters indicating or implying that he is registered and holds a certificate under the terms of this law without having at the time of so doing a valid, unrevoked certificate, as provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1144.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2557.

2557.  This chapter shall not affect any person licensed as an optometrist under Chapter 7 of Division II of this code, or any physician and surgeon licensed under Chapter 5 of Division II of this code. Such exemption shall not apply to any optometrist or physician and surgeon exclusively engaged in the business of filling prescriptions for physicians and surgeons. This chapter does not prohibit the sale of goggles, sun glasses, colored glasses, or occupational protective eye 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.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 955.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2557.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2557.1.

2557.1.  A certificate issued to a registered spectacle or contact lens dispenser may in the discretion of the board be suspended or revoked for violating or attempting to violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter, or for incompetence, gross negligence, or repeated similar negligent acts performed by the certificate holder. A certificate may also be suspended or revoked if the individual certificate holder has been convicted of a felony as provided in Section 2555.1.Any proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 55. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2558.

2558.  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both such fine and imprisonment.The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, any regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 489, Sec. 20. (SB 1478) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2558.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2558.1.

2558.1.  A registered dispensing optician shall not dispense a spectacle lens or contact lens prescription unless the prescription meets the requirements of Section 2541.1. A registered dispensing optician shall not dispense a spectacle lens prescription after the expiration date of the prescription unless so authorized pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 2541.1. A person violating this section shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 2558. A violation of this section shall be considered unprofessional conduct by the board. A registered dispensing optician may defend this proceeding by establishing that the expiration date of the prescription was not established consistent with Section 2541.1. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a registered dispensing optician to fill a prescription after the expiration date or to make any judgment regarding the appropriateness of the expiration date.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 56. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2558.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2558.2.

2558.2.  Any individual, corporation, or firm operating as a registered dispensing optician under this chapter who demonstrates a willful disregard for the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 57. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2559 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2559.

2559.  Whenever any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute, a violation of any provision of this chapter, or Chapter 5.4 (commencing with Section 2540), the superior court in and for the county wherein the acts or practices take place, or are about to take place, may issue an injunction, or other appropriate order, restraining such conduct on application of the board, the Attorney General, or the district attorney of the county.The proceedings under this section shall be governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 489, Sec. 21. (SB 1478) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2559.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1.5 - Spectacle Lens Dispensing|Section 2559.1.

2559.1.  (a) An individual shall not fit and adjust spectacle lenses unless that individual complies with the registration requirement of Section 2564.90, and unless either of the following applies:(1) The individual is a duly registered spectacle lens dispenser as provided in Section 2559.2.(2) The individual is an unregistered individual who performs the fitting and adjusting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a duly registered spectacle lens dispenser whose certificate of registration is then conspicuously and prominently displayed on the premises.(b) A supervising registered optician shall be physically present on the registered premises when an unregistered individual fits and adjusts spectacle lenses.(c) The board shall not take action for a violation of subdivision (b) if either of the following apply:(1) A supervising registered optician was not physically present on the registered premises due to reasonably unanticipated circumstances, including, but not limited to, illness, injury, family emergency, or the supervising registered optician’s termination or resignation, and reasonable action was taken to have another supervising registered optician be physically present on the registered premises.(2) A supervising registered spectacle lens dispenser was not physically present due to a legally required employee meal or break period.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 58. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2559.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1.5 - Spectacle Lens Dispensing|Section 2559.2.

2559.2.  (a) An individual shall apply for registration as a registered spectacle lens dispenser on forms prescribed by the board. The board shall register an individual as a registered spectacle lens dispenser upon satisfactory proof that the individual has passed the registry examination of the American Board of Opticianry or any successor agency to that board. In the event the board should determine, after hearing, that the registry examination is not appropriate to determine entry level competence as a spectacle lens dispenser or is not designed to measure specific job performance requirements, the board may thereafter prescribe or administer a written examination that meets those specifications. If an applicant for renewal has not engaged in the full-time or substantial part-time practice of fitting and adjusting spectacle lenses but has maintained their American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners registration or practiced within another state within the last three years then the board may require the applicant to take and pass the examination referred to in this section as a condition of registration. Any examination prescribed or administered by the board shall be given at least twice each year on dates publicly announced at least 90 days before the examination dates. The board is authorized to contract for administration of an examination.(b) The board may deny registration where there are grounds for denial under the provisions of Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).(c) The board shall issue a certificate to each qualified individual stating that the individual is a registered spectacle lens dispenser.(d) A registered spectacle lens dispenser is authorized to fit and adjust spectacle lenses at any place of business holding a certificate of registration under Section 2564.93 or at any location where the practice of ophthalmology or optometry is practiced. The certificate of the registered spectacle lens dispenser shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at the place of business where the registered dispenser is fitting and adjusting.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 59. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2559.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1.5 - Spectacle Lens Dispensing|Section 2559.3.

2559.3.  A certificate issued to a registered spectacle lens dispenser may, in the discretion of the board, be suspended or revoked for violating or attempting to violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter, or for incompetence, gross negligence, or repeated similar negligent acts performed by the certificate holder. A certificate may also be suspended or revoked if the individual certificate holder has been convicted of a felony as provided in Section 2555.1.Any proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 489, Sec. 23. (SB 1478) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2559.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 1.5 - Spectacle Lens Dispensing|Section 2559.4.

2559.4.  This article shall not apply to an assistant fitting spectacle lenses pursuant to Section 2544 if the assistant is acting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a physician and surgeon or optometrist who engages in the practice of fitting spectacle lenses for his or her patients.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 604, Sec. 3. (AB 2683) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing|Section 2560.

2560.  An individual shall not fit and adjust contact lenses, including plano contact lenses, unless that individual complies with the registration requirement of Section 2564.90, and unless either of the following applies:(a) The individual is a duly registered contact lens dispenser as provided in Section 2561.(b) The individual is an unregistered individual who performs the fitting and adjusting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a duly registered contact lens dispenser who is then physically present on the registered premises. In no event shall a registered contact lens dispenser supervise more than three unregistered individuals.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 62. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing|Section 2561.

2561.  An individual shall apply for registration as a registered contact lens dispenser on forms prescribed by the board. The board shall register an individual as a registered contact lens dispenser upon satisfactory proof that the individual has passed the contact lens registry examination of the National Committee of Contact Lens Examiners or any successor agency to that committee. In the event the board should ever find after hearing that the registry examination is not appropriate to determine entry level competence as a contact lens dispenser or is not designed to measure specific job performance requirements, the board may thereafter from time to time prescribe or administer a written examination that meets those specifications. If an applicant for renewal has not engaged in the full-time or substantial part-time practice of fitting and adjusting contact lenses within the last five years then the board may require the applicant to take and pass the examination referred to in this section as a condition of registration. Any examination administered by the board shall be given at least twice each year on dates publicly announced at least 90 days before the examination dates. The board is authorized to contract with the National Committee of Contact Lens Examiners or any successor agency to that committee to provide that the registry examination is given at least twice each year on dates publicly announced at least 90 days before the examination dates.The board may deny registration where there are grounds for denial under the provisions of Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).The board shall issue a certificate to each qualified individual stating that the individual is a registered contact lens dispenser.A registered contact lens dispenser may use that designation, but shall not hold himself or herself out in advertisements or otherwise as a specialist in fitting and adjusting contact lenses.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 489, Sec. 25. (SB 1478) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2562 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing|Section 2562.

2562.  Upon satisfactory completion of the fitting of contact lenses, but in no event more than 60 days after receipt of the prescription, a registered contact lens dispenser shall direct the person named in the prescription to return to the prescribing physician and surgeon or optometrist for an evaluation.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 418, Sec. 8.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing|Section 2564.

2564.  The provisions of this article shall not apply to an assistant fitting contact lenses while acting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a physician and surgeon or optometrist who engages in the practice of fitting contact lenses for his or her patients under Section 2544.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 604, Sec. 4. (AB 2683) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing|Section 2564.5.

2564.5.  A registered dispensing optician fitting contact lenses shall maintain accessible handwashing facilities on the premises and those facilities shall be used before each fitting of contact lenses. For purposes of this section, “accessible handwashing facilities” means a clean and sanitary sink with clean running water, disinfectant soap, and adequate drying devices such as a towel or electric hand dryer, which is physically separate from a lavatory or bathroom and is accessible to all relevant persons.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 64. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing|Section 2564.6.

2564.6.  A registered dispensing optician shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 2541.2.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 814, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564.70 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2.5 - Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispensers|Section 2564.70.

2564.70.  This act may be cited as the “Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispenser Registration Act.”(Added by renumbering Section 2546 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 26. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564.71 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2.5 - Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispensers|Section 2564.71.

2564.71.  (a) A person located outside California shall not ship, mail, furnish, or deliver in any manner, ophthalmic lenses at retail to a patient at a California address unless the person is registered with the California State Board of Optometry.(b) With regard to any person subject to registration pursuant to this section, only spectacle lenses and replacement contact lenses provided pursuant to a valid prescription as described in Section 2564.76 may be shipped, mailed, furnished, or delivered directly to a patient.(Added by renumbering Section 2546.1 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 27. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564.73 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2.5 - Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispensers|Section 2564.73.

2564.73.  The board may adopt, amend, or repeal any rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to carry out this article.(Added by renumbering Section 2546.3 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 29. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2564.74 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians|ARTICLE 2.5 - Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispensers|Section 2564.74.

2564.74.  (a) Application for registration as a nonresident ophthalmic lens dispenser shall be made on forms prescribed by the board, accompanied by the fee prescribed by this article, and shall bear the signature of the individual, or individuals if a copartnership, or the president or secretary if a corporation, and shall contain the name or fictitious or assumed name, if applicable, under which the person proposes to do business, location of the business, registration number issued by the board, if applicable, and the designation of an agent for service of process in California.(b) The board shall be notified in writing within 30 days of any change of name or fictitious or assumed name, location of business, corporate officer, or agent of service.(Added by renumbering Section 2546.4 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 30. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)