California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §3040: (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.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to practice optometry or represent oneself as an optometrist without a valid California optometrist license. Use of certain testing equipment is evidence of practicing optometry.

Read the full statutory text

(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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