{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2556.5","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2556.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5.5. Registered Dispensing Opticians [2550. - 2568.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [2550. - 2559.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.5/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1144.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/general-provisions-2556-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}