Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3000. Section 3000.
This chapter constitutes the chapter on optometry. It shall be known and may be cited as the Optometry Practice Act.
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [3000. - 3007.]
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC 1.
in effectCal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3001. Section 3001.
As used in this chapter, an ophthalmic lens is any lens which has a spherical, cylindrical, or prismatic power or value.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3002. 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 and is not for sale to clients.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3003. Section 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.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3004. Section 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 Optometry” shall be deemed to refer to the “California State Board of Optometry.”
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3004.5. Section 3004.5.
As used in this chapter, “person” means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization, or any combination thereof.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3005. Section 3005.
As used in this chapter, “place of practice” means any location where optometry is practiced.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3006. 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, book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, window display, store sign, radio announcement, or any other means or methods now or hereafter employed to bring to the attention of the public the practice of optometry or the prescribing, fitting, or sale, in connection therewith, of lenses, frames, or other accessories or appurtenances.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3007. 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 the patient is a minor, the patient’s records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date he or she completes treatment of the patient and at least until the patient reaches 19 years of age.
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