ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 423.

§§ 3000–3007 · 9 sections

• § 3000 This chapter constitutes the chapter on optometry. It shall be known and may be cited as the Optometry Practice Act.
• § 3001 As used in this chapter, an ophthalmic lens is any lens which has a spherical, cylindrical, or prismatic power or value.
• § 3002 As used in this chapter, a trial frame or test lens is any frame or lens used in testing the eye, which is not sold and is not for sale to clients.
• § 3003 As used in this chapter, “optometrist” means a natural person who is licensed to practice optometry in this state under the authority of this chapter.
• § 3004 (a) As used in this chapter, “board” means the California State Board of Optometry. (b) Any reference in this code or any other code to the “State Board of…
• § 3004.5 As used in this chapter, “person” means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization, or any combination…
• § 3005 As used in this chapter, “place of practice” means any location where optometry is practiced.
• § 3006 As used in this chapter, the term “advertise” and any of its variants include the use of a newspaper, magazine, the Internet, or other publication, book,…
• § 3007 An optometrist shall retain a patient’s records for a minimum of seven years from the date he or she completes treatment of the patient. If the patient is a…