California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 3000.
  This chapter constitutes the chapter on optometry. It shall be known and may be cited as the Optometry Practice Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2004,...
• Section 3001.
  As used in this chapter, an ophthalmic lens is any lens which has a spherical, cylindrical or prismatic power or value.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch.
• Section 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...
• Section 3003.
  As used in this chapter, “optometrist” means a person who is licensed to practice optometry in this state under the authority of this chapter.(Added by...
• Section 3004.
  As used in this chapter, “board” means the State Board of Optometry.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
• Section 3005.
  As used in this chapter, “place of practice” means any location where optometry is practiced.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 5. Effective January 1,
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...

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