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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2 - Location of Practice › Section 1506 - Certificates-Posting

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(a) A certificate
				of registration, i.e., original wall certificate, is an original certificate of
				registration and license to practice optometry in California granted by the
				Board to a natural person who has qualified for the same pursuant to the
				provisions of Chapter 7 of Division 2 of the Code and it may not be assigned or
				transferred to another person but shall; notwithstanding whether it is replaced
				by a certification of the issuance of a certificate of registration, i.e.,
				duplicate wall certificate, as provided by subdivision (b) of this section;
				remain valid and in force unless it is revoked or suspended and not reinstated
				or it is expired and not renewed or restored.
(b) A certification of the issuance of a
				certificate of registration is a certification by the Board that the person
				named thereon to whom it is conveyed is the holder of the certificate of
				registration designated thereon and shall be issued to such person as prima
				facie evidence that such person is the holder of such certificate of
				registration designated thereon and to replace the same or a previous
				certification of the issuance of a certificate of registration issued to the
				same person, provided that:
(1) There is
				furnished proof satisfactory to the Board of a change in name authorized by law
				of such person or of the loss of, destruction of or severe damage to such
				certificate of registration or previous certification of the issuance of such
				certificate of registration.
(2)
				Such certificate of registration or previous certification of the issuance of
				such certificate of registration is, unless it is lost or destroyed,
				surrendered to the Board.
(3) There
				is payment of the fee prescribed by Section
				3152(h) of the
				code for the issuance of a certification of registration.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2 - Location of Practice › Section 1507 - Extended Optometric Clinical Facilities

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(a) As used in this regulation "extended
				optometric clinical facility" means and includes any clinical facility employed
				by an approved optometry school for instruction in optometry which exists
				outside or beyond the walls, boundaries, or precincts of the primary campus of
				the approved optometry school, and in which optometric services are
				rendered.
(b) It is the intent of
				this section to provide a procedure whereby an extended optometric clinical
				facility may be identified, qualified and approved by the Board as an adjunct
				to, and an extension of, the clinical department of an approved optometry
				school.
(c) Optometric services
				provided by optometry students at undergraduate and graduate levels in an
				extended optometric clinical facility shall constitute a part of the optometric
				education program.
(d) Approved
				optometry schools shall register extended optometric clinical facilities with
				the Board. Such registration shall be accompanied with information supplied by
				the optometry school pertaining to faculty supervision, scope of practice to be
				rendered, name and location of the facility, date operation will commence,
				discipline of which such instruction is a part, and a brief description of the
				equipment and facilities available. The foregoing information shall be
				supplemented with a copy of the agreement between the approved optometry school
				or parent university and the affiliated institution establishing the
				relationship. Any change in the information initially provided to the Board
				shall be communicated to the Board.
(e) Mobile optometric facilities may only
				function as a part of a school teaching program as approved by the
				Board.
(f) The itinerary of the
				mobile optometric unit must be submitted to the Board with 30 days prior
				notice.
1. New section
				  filed 5-11-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
				  19).
2. Amendment filed 12-1-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3023.1,
					 3025
					 and
					 3077,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3023,
					 3023.1
					 and
					 3077,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2 - Location of Practice › Section 1507.1 - Mobile Optometric Facilities. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 5-11-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
				  19).
2. Repealer filed 10-25-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3023,
					 3023.1
					 and
					 3077,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2.5 - Sponsored Free Health-Care Events - Requirements for Exemption [Repealed] › Section 1508 - Definitions. [Repealed]

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1. New article
				  2.5 (sections
				  1508-1508.3) and section filed
				  4-15-2013; operative 4-15-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2013, No. 16).
2. Change without regulatory effect
				  repealing article 2.5 (sections
				  1508-1508.3) and repealing section
				  filed 10-23-2019 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 901
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 901,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2.5 - Sponsored Free Health-Care Events - Requirements for Exemption [Repealed] › Section 1508.1 - Sponsoring Entity Registration and Recordkeeping Requirements. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 4-15-2013; operative 4-15-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2013, No. 16).
2. Change without regulatory effect
				  amending subsections (a) and (b) filed 4-21-2014 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2014, No. 17).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending subsections (a) and (b) filed 1-4-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 1).
4. Change without regulatory
				  effect repealing section filed 10-23-2019 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 901
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 901,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2.5 - Sponsored Free Health-Care Events - Requirements for Exemption [Repealed] › Section 1508.2 - Out-of-State Practitioner Authorization to Participate in Sponsored Event. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 4-15-2013; operative 4-15-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2013, No. 16).
2. Change without regulatory effect
				  repealing section filed 10-23-2019 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 144,
					 901
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 144,
					 480
					 and
					 901,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 2.5 - Sponsored Free Health-Care Events - Requirements for Exemption [Repealed] › Section 1508.3 - Termination of Authorization and Appeal. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 4-15-2013; operative 4-15-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2013, No. 16).
2. Change without regulatory effect
				  repealing section filed 10-23-2019 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 901
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 901,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1510 - Professional Inefficiency

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Inefficiency in the profession is indicated by the failure to
				  use, or the lack of proficiency in the use of the ophthalmoscope, the
				  retinoscope, the ophthalmometer (or keratometer), tonometer, biomicroscope, any
				  one of the modern refracting instruments such as the phoroptor, refractor,
				  etc., or the phorometer-trial frame containing phoria and duction measuring
				  elements or a multicelled trial frame, trial lenses, and prisms, in the conduct
				  of an ocular examination; the failure to make and keep an accurate record of
				  findings; lack of familiarity with, or neglect to use, a tangent screen or
				  perimeter or campimeter; and the failure to make a careful record of the
				  findings when the need of the information these instruments afford is
				  definitely indicated.
1. Amendment
				  filed 12-1-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025
					 and
					 3025.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3025.5
					 and
					 3090,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1511 - Use of Prefix or Suffix. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
				  filed 1-31-64; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 64, No.
				  3).
2. Repealer filed 10-25-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3098,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1512 - Representation of Exceptional Proficiency

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(a) No title, subtitle, or phrase shall be
				used which conveys the impression of exceptional proficiency in any phase of
				optometric practice except as provided in Section
				651(h) of the
				Code.
(b) There shall be no
				statements in advertising tending to imply that the use of some particular
				system or procedure in the examination of the eyes and their functions, is
				superior to or safer than that taught in accredited schools and constituting
				the legally defined and accepted practice of optometry.
1. Amendment
				  filed 10-25-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 651
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 651,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1513 - Registered Name Only

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All signs, cards, stationery or other advertising must
				  clearly and prominently identify the individual optometrist or
				  optometrists.
1. Amendment
				  filed 1-31-64; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 64, No.
				  3).
2. Amendment filed 4-3-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 75, No. 14).
3. Amendment filed 12-1-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 651
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 651
					 and
					 3125,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1514 - Renting Space from and Practicing on Premises of Commercial (Mercantile) Concern

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Where an optometrist rents or leases space from and practices
				  optometry on the premises of a commercial (mercantile) concern, all of the
				  following conditions shall be met:
(a)
				The practice shall be owned by the optometrist and in every phase be under
				his/her exclusive control. The patient records shall be the sole property of
				the optometrist and free from any involvement with a person unlicensed to
				practice optometry. The optometrist shall make every effort to provide for
				emergency referrals.
(b) The rented
				space shall be definite and apart from space occupied by other occupants of the
				premises and shall have a sign designating that the rented space is occupied by
				an optometrist or optometrists.
(c)
				All signs, advertising, and display shall likewise be separate and distinct
				from that of the other occupants and have the optometrist's name and the word
				"optometrist" prominently displayed in connection therewith.
(d) There shall be no legends as "Optical
				Department," "Optometrical Department," "Optical Shoppe," or others of similar
				import, displayed on any part of the premises or in any advertising.
(e) There shall be no linking of the
				optometrist's name, or practice, in advertising or in any other manner with
				that of the commercial (mercantile) concern from whom he/she is leasing
				space.
1. Amendment
				  filed 12-1-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  49).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 9-25-2012; operative
				  10-25-2012 (Register 2012, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025
					 and
					 3025.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 651
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1515 - Advertising of Services. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
				  filed 3-3-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
				  9.)
2. New subsection (c) filed 2-15-80; effective thirtieth day
				  thereafter (Register 80, No. 7).
3. Amendment filed 12-1-83;
				  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 49).
4. Change
				  without regulatory effect repealing section filed 3-13-2006 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2006, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 651,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 651,
					 651.3,
					 3129
					 and
					 17500,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1516 - Application Review and Criteria for Rehabilitation

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(a) In addition to any other requirements for
				licensure, whenever it reasonably appears that an applicant may be unable to
				practice optometry safely because his or her ability to practice may be
				impaired due to mental or physical illness affecting competency, the Board may
				require the applicant to be examined by one or more physicians and surgeons or
				psychologists designated by the Board. The applicant shall pay the full cost of
				the examination. An applicant's failure to comply with the requirement shall
				render his or her application incomplete. If after receiving the report of the
				evaluation the Board determines that the applicant is unable to safely
				practice, the Board may deny the application. The report of the evaluation
				shall be made available to the applicant.
(b) Denial of a license.
(1) When considering the denial of a license
				under Section
				480 of the Code on the grounds
				that the applicant has been convicted of a crime, the Board shall consider
				whether the applicant has made a showing of rehabilitation if the applicant
				completed the criminal sentence at issue without a violation of parole or
				probation. In making this determination, the Board shall consider the following
				criteria:
(A) The circumstances, nature, and
				gravity of the crime(s).
(B) The
				length(s) of time that has elapsed since the criminal conduct and the
				completion of probation.
(C)
				Whether the applicant is a repeat offender of the same or similar crime(s), and
				the total criminal record.
(D) The
				terms or conditions of parole or probation and the extent to which they bear on
				the applicant's rehabilitation.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1517 - Substantial Relationship Criteria

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(a) For the purpose of denial, suspension, or
				revocation of the certificate of registration of an optometrist pursuant to
				Section 141, Division 1.5 (commencing with
				Section 475), or Section
				3110 of the Code, a crime,
				professional misconduct, or act shall be considered to be substantially related
				to the qualifications, functions, and duties of an optometrist if, to a
				substantial degree, it evidences present or potential unfitness of an
				optometrist to perform the functions authorized by the certificate of
				registration in a manner consistent with the public health, safety, or
				welfare.
(b) In making the
				substantial relationship determination required under subdivision (a) for a
				crime, the Board shall consider the following criteria:
(1) The nature and gravity of the
				offense;
(2) The number of years
				elapsed since the date of the offense; and
(3) The nature and duties of an
				optometrist.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1518 - Fictitious or Group Names

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(a)
				Applications for a permit to use a fictitious or group name shall be submitted
				on a form provided by the Board containing such information as is required
				therein, and accompanied by the initial permit fee of $50. The permit shall be
				renewed annually with a renewal fee of $50 due on January 31 each year. Failure
				to renew a fictitious name permit in a timely manner will result in a $25
				delinquency fee added to the renewal fee.
(b) No permit shall be issued authorizing the
				use of a name which is deceptive or inimical to enabling a rational choice for
				the consumer public and which does not contain at least one of the following
				designations: "optometry" or "optometric." In considering whether a name is
				deceptive or inimical to enabling a rational choice for the consumer public the
				Board may consider, among other things, whether it has a tendency to deceive
				the public or is so similar to a name previously authorized in the same
				geographical area as to be deceptive or misleading.
(c) When an optometrist or optometrists
				acquire the ownership in an optometric practice of another optometrist or other
				optometrists, the successor optometrist or optometrists may use in connection
				with such practice the name or names of the predecessor optometrist or
				optometrists for a reasonable time not in excess of two years thereafter
				providing:
(1) The acquisition of the
				ownership in the practice of the predecessor optometrist or optometrists
				includes permission to use his/her or their names.
(2) The acquisition of the ownership includes
				the active patient records and prescription files of the practice.
(3) In any signs, professional cards,
				envelopes, billheads, letterheads, or advertising of any nature, the name or
				names of the successor optometrist or optometrists shall appear first and be
				followed by the term "succeeding," "successor to," or "formerly" and then the
				name or names of the predecessor optometrist or optometrists which shall not
				appear in letters larger than the letters in the name or names of the successor
				optometrist or optometrists.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 3 - Professional Rules › Section 1519 - Ophthalmic Device Standards

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The minimum quality standards for prescription ophthalmic
				  devices sold, dispensed or furnished by licensed optometrists shall be the 1972
				  standards of the American National Standards Institute Z80.1 and
				  Z80.2.
1. New section
				  filed 11-17-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No.
				  47).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2541.3,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2541.3,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 5 - Application for Licensure Examination › Section 1523 - Licensure and Examination Requirements

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(a)
(1)
				Application for licensure as an optometrist shall be made on a form prescribed
				by the Board (Form 39A-1. Rev. 7-09), which is hereby incorporated by
				reference, and shall show that the applicant is at least 18 years of
				age.
(2) Application for licensure
				by an out of state licensed optometrist as defined in Business and Professions
				Code Section
				3057,
				shall be made on forms prescribed by the Board (Form OLA-2, Rev. 11/07 and Form
				LBC-4, rev. 2/07), which are hereby incorporated by reference, and shall show
				that the applicant is at least 18 years of age.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 5 - Application for Licensure Examination › Section 1524 - Fees

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The following fees are established:
(a) Application fee for certificate of
				registration as an optometrist by examination $275
(b) Biennial renewal of a certificate of
				registration as an optometrist $500
(c) Delinquency fee for failing to renew a
				certificate of registration timely $50
(d) Application fee for a branch office
				license $75
(e) Annual renewal of a
				branch office license $75
(f)
				Penalty fee for failure to renew a branch office license timely $25
(g) Issuance fee for a certificate of
				registration or upon change of name of a person holding a certificate of
				registration $25
(h) Application
				fee for a fictitious name permit $50
(i) Annual renewal of a fictitious name
				permit $50
(1) Delinquency fee for failure to
				renew a fictitious name permit timely $25
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 5.1 - Fingerprint Requirements › Section 1525 - Optometrist License Renewal

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(a) A license issued pursuant to Business and
				Professions Code Section
				3055
				expires at midnight on the last day of the licensee's birth month following its
				original issuance and thereafter at midnight on the last day of the licensee's
				birth month every two years if not renewed.
(b) A renewal for licensure as an optometrist
				shall be made on a form prescribed by the Board (Form R1POPT, Rev. 3-10), which
				is hereby incorporated by reference, and shall be accompanied by the fee
				specified in Section
				1524 and filed with the Board at
				its office in Sacramento.
(c)
				Failure to provide all of the information required by this section renders any
				application for renewal incomplete and not eligible for renewal.
(d) Failure of a licensee to comply with
				subdivision (b) is grounds for disciplinary action by the board against the
				license.
1. New article
				  5.1 (sections
				  1525-1525.2) and section filed
				  6-21-2010; operative 6-21-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2010, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3010.1,
					 3010.5,
					 3024
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3055,
					 3056,
					 3059
					 and
					 3110,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 11105, Penal
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 5.1 - Fingerprint Requirements › Section 1525.1 - Fingerprint Requirements

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(a)
				As a condition of renewal for a licensee who was initially licensed prior to
				April 1, 2007, such licensee shall furnish to the Department of Justice a full
				set of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal history record
				check and to undergo a state and federal criminal offender record information
				search conducted through the Department of Justice.
(1) The licensee shall pay any costs for
				furnishing the fingerprints to the Department of Justice and conducting the
				searches.
(2) A licensee shall
				certify when applying for renewal whether his or her fingerprints have been
				furnished to the Department of Justice in compliance with this
				section.
(3) This requirement is
				waived if the license is renewed in an inactive status, or if the licensee is
				actively serving in the military outside the country. The board shall not
				return a license to active status until the licensee has complied with
				subsection (a).
(4) A licensee
				shall retain, for at least three years from the renewal date, either a receipt
				showing the electronic transmission of his or her fingerprints to the
				Department of Justice or a receipt evidencing that the licensee's fingerprints
				were taken.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 5.1 - Fingerprint Requirements › Section 1525.2 - Response to Board Inquiry

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If the board or its designee asks a licensee to provide
				  criminal history information, a licensee shall respond to that request within
				  30 days. The licensee shall make available all documents and other records
				  requested and shall respond with accurate information. Failure to comply with
				  the requirements of this section is grounds for discipline by the
				  board.
1. New section
				  filed 6-21-2010; operative 6-21-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2010, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3010.1,
					 3010.5,
					 3024
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 144,
					 3055,
					 3056,
					 3059
					 and
					 3110,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 11105, Penal
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1526 - Proof of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification (CPR). [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 2-21-89; operative 3-23-89 (Register 89, No. 10).
2. Repealer
				  filed 5-8-96; operative 6-7-96 (Register 96, No.
				  19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025
					 and
					 3053,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3023.1,
					 3053
					 and
					 3059,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1530 - Examination Results. [Repealed]

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1. New Article
				  6 (Sections
				  1530-1535) filed 5-4-67 as an
				  emergency; effective upon filing (Register 67, No. 18).
2. Article 6
				  (Sections 1530 through
				  1535) refiled 6-28-67; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 67, No. 26).
3. Amendment of
				  subsections (d) and (e) filed 1-24-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 80, No. 4).
4. Amendment filed 10-25-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 44).
5. Repealer and new
				  section filed 5-8-96; operative 6-7-96 (Register 96, No. 19).
6.
				  Change without regulatory effect repealing section filed 3-14-2006 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2006, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025,
					 3053
					 and
					 3054,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3053
					 and
					 3054,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1530.1 - Qualifications of Foreign Graduates

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Applicants who meet the requirements of Section
				  3057.5 of the Code shall be
				  admitted to the examination upon furnishing satisfactory evidence that the
				  course of instruction completed is reasonably equivalent, as determined by the
				  Board, to the course of instruction given by a school accredited by the Board;
				  provided, however, that an applicant who is unable to furnish satisfactory
				  evidence of equivalency may take those courses or subjects, in an accredited
				  school or in another program of instruction acceptable to the Board, which
				  would remedy areas of deficiency.
1. New section
				  filed 7-26-72 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 72, No.
				  31).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 11-22-72 (Register 72, No.
				  48). 3. Repealer of subsection (d) filed 1-24-80; effective thirtieth day
				  thereafter (Register 80, No. 4).
4. Amendment filed 12-1-83;
				  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 49).
5.
				  Amendment filed 5-6-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
				  19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3023.1
					 and
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3023.1,
					 3025,
					 3047,
					 3050
					 and
					 3057.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1531 - Licensure Examination

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(a)
				The licensure examinations are composed of:
Section I -- Applied Basic Science written cognitive
				  examination approved by the Board and developed by the National Board of
				  Examiners in Optometry (NBEO).
Section II -- Patient Assessment and Management/Treatment and
				  Management of Ocular Disease examination developed by the NBEO.
Section III -- Clinical Skills Examination developed by the
				  NBEO.
Section IV -- California Laws and Regulations Examination
				  developed and administered by the Board or its contractor.
(b) All examinations for licensure developed
				by the NBEO and the Board prior to January 2010 may be accepted on a case by
				case basis in the evaluation of an applicant's qualifications for
				licensure.
1. Amendment
				  filed 11-22-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No.
				  48).
2. Amendment filed 5-20-83; effective upon filing pursuant to
				  Government Code Section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 83, No. 21).
3. Amendment filed 8-9-84; effective upon
				  filing pursuant to Government Code Section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 84, No. 32).
4. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 2-21-89;
				  operative 3-23-89 (Register 89, No. 10).
5. Amendment of section
				  heading, section and NOTE filed 5-8-96; operative 6-7-96 (Register 96, No.
				  19).
6. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 6-24-97; operative
				  7-24-97 (Register 97, No. 26).
7. Amendment filed 1-28-2002;
				  operative 1-28-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2002, No. 5).
8. Amendment filed 2-8-2011; operative
				  3-10-2011 (Register 2011, No. 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025,
					 3041.2
					 and
					 3053,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3041.2
					 and
					 3053,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1532 - RE-Examination

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An applicant who has failed to pass either section II of the
				  National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) examination or the California
				  Laws and Regulations Examination after a period of five consecutive calendar
				  years from the date of the first examination, must retake sections II and III
				  of the NBEO examination and the California Laws and Regulations
				  Examination.
1. Amendment
				  filed 4-3-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
				  14).
2. Editorial correction (Register 75, No. 30).
3.
				  Amendment of subsection (b) filed 1-24-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 80, No. 4).
4. Amendment filed 12-1-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 49).
5. Amendment of
				  subsections (a) and (b) filed 5-8-96; operative 6-7-96 (Register 96, No.
				  19).
6. Amendment filed 6-24-97; operative 7-24-97 (Register 97, No.
				  26).
7. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 2-8-2011; operative
				  3-10-2011 (Register 2011, No. 6).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3054,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1533 - RE-Scoring of California Laws and Regulations Examination

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any person who fails to pass the California Laws and
				  Regulations Examination may request that the examination be re-scored by the
				  Board. The request shall be submitted in writing and mailed to the principal
				  office of the Board. The request shall be postmarked no later than 75 days
				  after the date the examination results are mailed.
1. Amendment
				  filed 12-1-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  49).
2. Amendment filed 2-21-89; operative 3-23-89 (Register 89, No.
				  10).
3. Amendment of first paragraph and subsections (a), (b), (d),
				  (f) and (g) filed 5-8-96; operative 6-7-96 (Register 96, No. 19).
4.
				  Amendment of section heading and first paragraph and repealer of subsections
				  (a)-(i) filed 7-5-2001; operative 8-4-2001 (Register 2001, No.
				  27).
5. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed
				  2-8-2011; operative 3-10-2011 (Register 2011, No.
				  6).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3054,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1533.1 - Examination Appeals. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 10-11-89; operative 11-10-89 (Register 89, No. 41).
2.
				  Repealer filed 4-25-2001; operative 5-25-2001 (Register 2001, No.
				  17).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1534 - National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBO). [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
				  of subsection (c) filed 1-24-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
				  80, No. 4).
2. Repealer filed 10-25-83; effective thirtieth day
				  thereafter (Register 83, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3053,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6 - Examinations › Section 1535 - Examination Requirements. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
				  filed 8-7-69; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 69, No.
				  32).
2. Amendment filed 11-22-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 77, No. 48).
3. Amendment filed 4-20-81; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 17).
4. Amendment filed
				  5-20-83; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 83, No. 21).
5. Amendment filed 2-21-89; operative 3-23-89
				  (Register 89, No. 10).
6. Editorial correction of printing error of
				  HISTORY No. 5 filing date (Register 89, No. 20).
7. Amendment of
				  section heading and former subsection (a), and repealer of subsection
				  designations and former section (b) filed 5-8-96; operative 6-7-96 (Register
				  96, No. 19.
8. Repealer filed 6-24-97; operative 7-24-97 (Register
				  97, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025,
					 3041.2
					 and
					 3053,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3041.2
					 and
					 3053,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 6.5 - Continuing Optometric Education › Section 1536 - Continuing Optometric Education; Purpose and Requirements

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section
				1536(b), each
				licensee shall complete 40 hours of formal continuing optometric education
				course work within the two years immediately preceding the license expiration
				date. Such course work shall be subject to Board approval. Up to eight hours of
				course work may be in the area of patient care management or ethics in the
				practice of optometry. Business management courses are not accepted by the
				Board.
(b) An optometrist certified
				to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Business and Professions
				Code Section
				3041.3
				shall complete a total of 50 hours of continuing optometric education every two
				years in order to renew their license. Thirty-five of the required 50 hours of
				continuing optometric education shall be on the diagnosis, treatment and
				management of ocular disease and consistent with Business and Professions Code
				section
				3059,
				subdivision (e).
(c)
(1) Up to 25 hours of required biennial
				course work may be accomplished by using any or all of the following
				alternative methods:
(A) Documented and
				accredited self study through correspondence or an electronic medium that is
				completed by successfully passing a test of the subject matter. The test may
				include:
(1) an interactive test where the
				licensee submits answers electronically to the educational provider and
				receives instant feedback on whether the answer chosen by the licensee is
				correct and why, and whether they have passed the test; or
(2) through self-assessment testing
				(open-book tests that are completed by the licensee, submitted to the provider,
				graded, and returned to the licensee with correct answers).
For the purposes of this section, "self-study" means a form
				  of learning that does not offer participatory interaction between the licensee
				  and the instructor during the instructional period. This may be accomplished
				  via the following methods:
1. Audio or
				video pre-recorded teleconferences, webinars, seminars, podcasts, broadcasts,
				or lectures via the internet.
2.
				CD-ROMs played on a computer.
3.
				Digital video discs.
4. Books or
				materials as part of an independent or home study program.
5. Programs or applications on a data-enabled
				device, such as a computer, tablet, or cellular phone specifically designed for
				this purpose.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1540 - Citation of Rules. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New Article
				  7 (# 1540 through 1550) filed 9-27-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 71, No. 40).
2. Repealer filed 10-25-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025
					 and
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1541 - Definitions. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect repealing Section
				  1541 (Register 88, No.
				  15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 13410,
					 Corporations Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1542 - Professional Relationships, Responsibilities, and Conduct Not Affected. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect repealing Section
				  1542 (Register 88, No.
				  15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 13410,
					 Corporations Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1543 - Office for Filing. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
				  filed 10-25-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025
					 and
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1544 - Application; Review of Refusal to Approve

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(a) An applicant corporation shall file with
				the Board an application for Certificate of Registration on a form furnished by
				the Board, which shall be signed and verified by an officer of the corporation
				who is a licensed person and be accompanied by a fee not to exceed two hundred
				dollars ($200).
(b) The Board,
				within a reasonable time after an application for registration is submitted to
				it, shall either approve the application and issue a Certificate of
				Registration or refuse to approve the application and notify the applicant
				corporation of the reasons therefor.
(c) The Board may delegate to its executive
				officer, or other official or employee of the Board, its authority under
				Section
				3161,
				Business and Professions Code, to review and approve applications for
				registration and to issue Certificates of Registration.
(d) Any applicant corporation whose
				application has been disapproved by the Board may request a hearing pursuant to
				Government Code Section
				11504. The
				hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act
				(Government Code Sections
				11502-
				11528).
(e) No applicant corporation shall hold
				itself out or engage in nor shall it render any professional services unless
				and until a Certificate of Registration has been issued.
1. Amendment
				  of subsections (a) and (c) filed 2-2-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 79, No. 5).
2. Change without regulatory effect of NOTE
				  (Register 88, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 3160-
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 13401,
					 Corporations Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1545 - Requirements for Issuance of Certificate of Registration. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
				  filed 10-25-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 3025
					 and
					 3167,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 3025,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 15 - State Board of Optometry › Article 7 - Optometric Corporations › Section 1546 - Name of Corporation

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(a)
				Except as provided in Section
				1518, the name of the corporation
				shall contain and be restricted to:
(1) The
				name or last name of one or more of the present, prospective, or former
				shareholders, and
(2) One of the
				following designations denoting corporate existence: "Optometric Corporation,"
				"Optometry Corporation," "Corporation," "Professional Corporation," "Prof.
				Corp.," "Corp.," "Incorporated," "Inc.," "Optometric Corp.," "Optometry Corp.,"
				"Professional Optometric Corporation," "Professional Optometry Corporation,"
				"Professional Optometric Corp.," or "Professional Optometry
				Corp.."