Bus. & Prof. Code, § 3040 · Article 3. Admission to Practice
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 3040
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) It is unlawful for a person to engage in the practice of optometry or to advertise or hold himself or herself out as an optometrist without a valid, unrevoked California optometrist license. The practice of optometry includes the performing or controlling of any acts set forth in Section 3041.
(b) In any prosecution for a violation of this section, the use of test cards, test lenses, or of trial frames is prima facie evidence of the practice of optometry.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 703, Sec. 24. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2019.
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