Section 3003.
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 Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
Section 3004.
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.” (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 76. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.)
Section 3005.
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, 2005.)
Section 3006.
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 […]
Section 3007.
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 […]
Section 3010.1.
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 functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. […]
Section 3010.5.
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 of 11 members, five of whom shall be public members and one of the nonpublic members shall be an individual registered as a dispensing optician, spectacle lens dispenser, […]
Section 3011.
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 of the State of California and actually engaged in the practice of optometry at the time of appointment or who are members of the faculty of a school of optometry. The […]
Section 3013.
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 until one year shall have elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs. (b) Vacancies occurring shall be […]
Section 3014.
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 qualification of a successor. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 426, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)