Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2541 · Chapter 5.4. Prescription Lenses and Ophthalmic and Optometric Assistants
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2541
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A prescription ophthalmic device includes each of the following:
(a) Any spectacle or contact lens ordered by a physician and surgeon or optometrist, that alters or changes the visual powers of the human eye.
(b) Any contact lens described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) of Section 520 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 360j and following).
(c) Any plano contact lens that is marketed or offered for sale in this state. “Plano contact lens” means a zero-power or noncorrective contact lens intended to change the appearance of the normal eye in a decorative fashion.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 148, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.
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