CHAPTER 5.4. Prescription Lenses and Ophthalmic and Optometric Assistants [2540. - 2545.]

Heading of Chapter 5.4 amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 652, Sec. 1.

§§ 2540–2545 · 10 sections

• § 2540 No person other than a physician and surgeon or optometrist may measure the powers or range of human vision or determine the accommodative and refractive…
• § 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…
• § 2541.1 (a) A spectacle lens prescription shall include all of the following: (1) The dioptric power of the lens. When the prescription needed by the patient has not…
• § 2541.2 (a) (1) The expiration date of a contact lens prescription shall not be less than one year and shall not exceed two years from the date of issuance, unless the…
• § 2541.3 (a) The State Department of Public Health, the California State Board of Optometry, and the Medical Board of California shall prepare and adopt quality…
• § 2541.6 No prescription ophthalmic device that does not meet the standards adopted by the State Department of Public Health, the California State Board of Optometry,…
• § 2542 A registered dispensing optician shall dispense contact lenses, including plano contact lenses, only on the valid prescription of a physician and surgeon or…
• § 2543 (a) Except as provided in the Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispenser Registration Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 2564.70)), the right to dispense,…
• § 2544 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an assistant in any setting where optometry or ophthalmology is practiced who is acting under the direct…
• § 2545 (a) Whenever a person or corporation has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute, an offense against this…