California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 5.4 — Prescription Lenses and Ophthalmic and Optometric AssistantsSection 2541
A prescription ophthalmic device includes each of the following:
(a) Any spectacle or contact lens ordered by a physician and surgeon or optometrist, that alters or changes the visual powers of the human eye.
(b) Any contact lens described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) of Section 520 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 360j and following).
(c) Any plano contact lens that is marketed or offered for sale in this state. “Plano contact lens” means a zero-power or noncorrective contact lens intended to change the appearance of the normal eye in a decorative fashion.
Notes
Defines a prescription ophthalmic device to include physician- or optometrist-ordered spectacles or contact lenses that change the eye’s visual powers, federally described contact lenses, and any plano contact lens marketed or offered for sale in the state. Defines “plano contact lens” as a zero-power or noncorrective contact lens intended to decoratively change a normal eye’s appearance.
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