Sections
23 entriesSection 2550Defines chapter terms governing optical dispensing, including “adjust” as adapting an ophthalmic device to fit the face, “fit” as pre-adjustment design, measurement,…Section 2550.1Exempts an individual acting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a physician and surgeon or optometrist under the referenced assistant provision…Section 2552Requires registration applications to be sworn, identify the employee handling customer inquiries and complaints, and report changes within 14 days. Requires the…Section 2552.2Requires a dispensing optician served with an abatement citation to post it at the business front until correction and prominently post and…Section 2553Requires each dispensing-optician registration certificate to be displayed at all times in a conspicuous place at the certified business location. Prohibits transfer…Section 2553.5Allows a registered spectacle lens dispenser to fit or adjust spectacles at specified health facilities, certified businesses, and business locations employing more…Section 2553.6Requires denial of dispensing-optician registration when a prescribing physician has a prohibited proprietary interest and allows suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal for filling…Section 2553.7Sets a registration to expire at midnight on the last day of its issuance month in the second year of the two-year…Section 2554Requires each registrant to conspicuously and prominently display the prescribed consumer notice stating when eye doctors must release spectacle and contact lens…Section 2555Allows the board to suspend, revoke, or impose probation terms on a certificate for violating or attempting to violate the chapter, the…Section 2555.1Allows the board to suspend, revoke, or decline to issue a certificate when the holder or a person with a proprietary interest…Section 2555.5Allows discipline of registrants and denial of applicants for unprofessional conduct, including violations, gross or repeated negligence, incompetence, fraud, unsafe substance use,…Section 2555.6Allows the board, instead of denying registration, to issue a probationary registration with conditions such as supervision, dispensing restrictions, treatment, rehabilitation, training,…Section 2556Prohibits a registered dispensing optician, except as authorized by the referenced exception, from advertising or furnishing optometrist or physician services, directly employing…Section 2556.1Requires licensed optometrists and registered dispensing opticians in a colocated setting to report their business relationship to the board as the board…Section 2556.2Exempts grandfathered dispensing-optician relationships from enforcement until January 1, 2019, except prescriptionless lens changes, later prohibited relationships, and matters pending or accruing…Section 2556.5Prohibits a person from representing themselves as a “dispensing optician,” “registered dispensing optician,” or using other words or letters implying registration under…Section 2557Exempts licensed optometrists and physicians and surgeons from the chapter, except those exclusively engaged in the business of filling prescriptions for physicians…Section 2557.1Allows the board to suspend or revoke a registered spectacle or contact lens dispenser certificate for violating or attempting to violate the…Section 2558Sets any chapter violation as a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by 10 days to one year in county jail, a $200 to…Section 2558.1Prohibits a registered dispensing optician from dispensing spectacle or contact lens prescriptions that fail the applicable prescription requirements, and from dispensing an…Section 2558.2Establishes misdemeanor liability for any individual, corporation, or firm operating as a registered dispensing optician that demonstrates a willful disregard for the…Section 2559Allows the superior court in the county where a violation occurs or is about to occur to issue an injunction or other…