Sections
26 entriesSection 3010.1Establishes protection of the public as the California State Board of Optometry’s highest priority when exercising licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. When…Section 3010.5Establishes an 11-member California State Board of Optometry with five public members, one qualified registered dispensing member, and a six-member quorum, and…Section 3011Limits board membership: except public and registered dispensing members, appointees must be practicing California optometrists or optometry faculty. Except the dispensing member,…Section 3013Sets four-year terms, successor-or-one-year holdover, and unexpired vacancies; Governor appoints three public, five qualified and one dispensing member, while Senate Rules and…Section 3014Requires the board to elect a president, vice president, and secretary from among its own members. Each elected officer serves for one…Section 3014.6Allows the board to appoint an executive officer exempt from civil service who exercises powers and performs duties delegated by the board…Section 3016Requires each board member to receive the per diem and expenses provided under the referenced provision. The compensation rule applies to every…Section 3017Requires the board to hold regular meetings every calendar quarter and special meetings when requested by a majority of board members or…Section 3018Requires the board to keep an accurate record covering all of its licensees, proceedings, and meetings. The recordkeeping duty therefore extends to…Section 3019Requires the board to keep records of every prosecution for a violation of the chapter and every application for licensure and examination.…Section 3020Establishes a three-member dispensing optician committee appointed by the board, including registrant and public-or-optometrist seats, with at least one sitting board member.…Section 3021Allows the board rulemaking authority over the referenced dispensing programs under the stated rulemaking provision. Regulations previously adopted for those programs by…Section 3023Requires the board, for purposes of the chapter, to accredit schools, colleges, and universities located either inside or outside the state when…Section 3023.1Establishes transfer of the nonresident contact lens seller and specified dispensing-optician programs from the Medical Board of California to the State Board…Section 3024Allows the board to grant or refuse an optometrist license as provided by the chapter and to revoke or suspend an optometrist’s…Section 3024.5Establishes a presumption that board email sent to a valid address supplied by an applicant, registrant, or licensee was delivered. Such email…Section 3025Allows the board to make rules governing its procedures, admission of applicants to optometrist licensing examinations, and optometry practice. All rules must…Section 3025.1Allows the board to adopt regulations it considers reasonable and necessary to ensure optometrists possess knowledge adequate to protect public health and…Section 3025.2Allows the board to adopt regulations it considers reasonable and necessary for accreditation of schools, colleges, and universities providing optometric education, to…Section 3025.5Allows the board to adopt regulations prescribing minimum standards for optometric services, equipment, and sanitary conditions in every office where optometry is…Section 3025.6Allows the board to adopt regulations clarifying assistants’ training levels and supervision levels. The authorized regulations may address the level of training…Section 3025.7Limits the referenced statute so it does not authorize the board to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations concerning price fixing or advertising…Section 3026Allows the board to adopt and use a common seal and to establish one or more permanent offices. The provision gives the…Section 3027Requires the board to employ an executive officer and other necessary assistance, with the executive officer performing delegated duties and remaining responsible…Section 3028Requires the Attorney General to serve as legal counsel for the board and makes the cost of those legal services a charge…Section 3030Allows the board or its designated agent to inspect at any time premises where optometric services or contact- or spectacle-lens dispensing, adjusting,…