ARTICLE 3. Admission to Practice
Article 3 added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 423.
§§ 3040–3060 · 22 sections
- § 3040 (a) It is unlawful for a person to engage in the practice of optometry or to advertise or hold himself or herself out as an optometrist without a valid,…
- § 3041 (a) The practice of optometry includes the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and management of disorders and dysfunctions of the visual system, as authorized…
- § 3041.1 An optometrist diagnosing or treating eye disease shall be held to the same standard of care to which physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and…
- § 3041.2 The California State Board of Optometry shall, by regulation, establish educational and examination requirements for licensure to ensure the competence of…
- § 3041.3 (a) In order to be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and authorized to diagnose and treat the conditions listed in subdivisions (b) and (d) of…
- § 3041.5 (a) A person requesting to be certified to administer immunizations pursuant to Section 3041 shall apply for a certificate from the board pursuant to an…
- § 3042 The provisions of this chapter do not prevent a licensed physician and surgeon from treating or fitting glasses to the human eye, or from doing any act within…
- § 3042.5 (a) The practice of persons actually enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students of optometry in the clinical departments of schools or colleges of…
- § 3043 The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the sale of goggles, sun glasses, colored glasses or occupational eye-protective devices if they do not have…
- § 3044 A person over the age of 18 years desiring to engage in the practice of optometry in this state may file an application for examination and an application for…
- § 3045 Applications shall be verified by the oath of the applicant and shall contain information and evidence satisfactory to the board showing the eligibility of the…
- § 3046 In order to obtain a license to practice optometry in California, an applicant shall be a natural person, have graduated from an accredited school of…
- § 3046.1 (a) The board shall issue a temporary license to practice optometry to a person who applies for and is eligible for licensure pursuant to Section 3046, but who…
- § 3047 (a) The board shall develop an interface with the National Practitioner Data Bank for the purpose of conducting inquiries on applicants for licensure,…
- § 3051 All applicants for examination for an optometrist license in accordance with the educational and examination requirements adopted pursuant to Section 3023.1…
- § 3053 All examinations shall be practical in character, designed to ascertain applicants’ fitness to practice the profession of optometry and conducted in the…
- § 3054 The passing grades for the licensure examination shall be based on psychometrically sound principles of establishing minimum qualifications and levels of…
- § 3055 The board shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter, including the payment of the prescribed licensure, certification,…
- § 3056 (a) The board may issue a license to practice optometry to a person who meets all of the following qualifications: (1) Has a degree as a doctor of optometry…
- § 3057 (a) The board may issue a license to practice optometry to a person who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has a degree as a doctor of optometry…
- § 3059 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all holders of licenses to practice optometry granted…
- § 3060 The board shall periodically develop and disseminate to all persons licensed to practice optometry information and educational material regarding all of the…