{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2559.4","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2559.4","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 1.5. Spectacle Lens Dispensing [2559.1. - 2559.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.5/article-1.5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 604, Sec. 3.   (AB 2683)   Effective January 1, 2011.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>This article shall not apply to an assistant fitting spectacle lenses pursuant to Section <a href=\"/bpc/2544\">2544</a> if the assistant is acting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a physician and surgeon or optometrist who engages in the practice of fitting spectacle lenses for his or her patients.</p>","text":"This article shall not apply to an assistant fitting spectacle lenses pursuant to Section 2544 if the assistant is acting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a physician and surgeon or optometrist who engages in the practice of fitting spectacle lenses for his or her patients.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/spectacle-lens-dispensing-2559-4","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}