ARTICLE 2. Administration

Article 2 added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 423.

§§ 3010.1–3030 · 26 sections

§ 3010.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California State Board of Optometry in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary…
§ 3010.5 (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a California State Board of Optometry in which the enforcement of this chapter is vested. The board consists…
§ 3011 (a) Members of the board, except the public members and the registered dispensing member, shall be appointed only from persons who are registered optometrists…
§ 3013 (a) Each member of the board shall hold office for a term of four years, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or…
§ 3014 The board shall elect from its membership a president, a vice president, and a secretary who shall hold office for one year or until the election and…
§ 3014.6 (a) The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the…
§ 3016 Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
§ 3017 The board shall hold regular meetings every calendar quarter. Special meetings shall be held upon request of a majority of the members of the board or upon the…
§ 3018 The board shall keep an accurate record of all of its licensees, proceedings, and meetings.
§ 3019 The board shall keep a record of all prosecutions for violations of this chapter and of all applications for licensure and examination.
§ 3020 (a) There shall be established under the California State Board of Optometry a dispensing optician committee to advise and make recommendations to the board…
§ 3021 The board shall have rulemaking authority with respect to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550) in accordance with Section 3025. Regulations adopted…
§ 3023 For the purposes of this chapter, the board shall accredit schools, colleges, and universities in or out of this state providing optometric education, that it…
§ 3023.1 (a) The nonresident contact lens seller program established under Chapter 5.45 (commencing with Section 2546) and the registered dispensing optician, spectacle…
§ 3024 The board may grant or refuse to grant an optometrist license as provided in this chapter and may revoke or suspend the license of any optometrist for any of…
§ 3024.5 (a) Information sent from an email account of the board to a valid email address provided by an applicant, registrant, or licensee is presumed to have been…
§ 3025 The board may make and promulgate rules and regulations governing procedure of the board, the admission of applicants for examination for a license as an…
§ 3025.1 The board may adopt rules and regulations that are, in its judgment, reasonable and necessary to ensure that optometrists have the knowledge to adequately…
§ 3025.2 The board may adopt rules and regulations that are, in its judgment, reasonable and necessary to ensure that optometrists have the knowledge to adequately…
§ 3025.5 The board may adopt regulations prescribing minimum standards governing the optometric services offered or performed, the equipment, or the sanitary…
§ 3025.6 The board may adopt regulations clarifying the level of training and the level of supervision of assistants.
§ 3025.7 Except as provided in Sections 3102 and 3103, nothing contained in Section 651.3 shall be construed as authorizing the board to adopt, amend, or repeal rules…
§ 3026 The board may adopt and use a common seal and establish a permanent office or offices.
§ 3027 The board shall employ an executive officer and other necessary assistance in the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter. The executive officer shall…
§ 3028 The Attorney General shall act as the legal counsel for the board and his or her services shall be a charge against it.
§ 3030 (a) The board, or its designated agent, may at any time inspect either of the following: (1) Any premise in which optometric services, as defined in Section…