Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2540 · Chapter 5.4. Prescription Lenses and Ophthalmic and Optometric Assistants
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2540
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No person other than a physician and surgeon or optometrist may measure the powers or range of human vision or determine the accommodative and refractive status of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or prescribe ophthalmic devices.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 148, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.
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- Official file
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