2011 California Code
Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500 - 4999.122]
ARTICLE 1.5. Spectacle Lens Dispensing
Section 2559.2

(a) An individual shall apply for registration as a registered spectacle lens dispenser on forms prescribed by the division. The division shall register an individual as a registered spectacle lens dispenser upon satisfactory proof that the individual has passed the registry examination of the American Board of Opticianry or any successor agency to that board. In the event the division should determine, after hearing, that the registry examination is not appropriate to determine entry level competence as a spectacle lens dispenser or is not designed to measure specific job performance requirements, the division may thereafter prescribe or administer a written examination that meets those specifications. If an applicant for renewal has not engaged in the full-time or substantial part-time practice of fitting and adjusting spectacle lenses within the last five years then the division may require the applicant to take and pass the examination referred to in this section as a condition of registration. Any examination prescribed or administered by the division shall be given at least twice each year on dates publicly announced at least 90 days before the examination dates. The division is authorized to contract for administration of an examination.

(b) The division may deny registration where there are grounds for denial under the provisions of Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).

(c) The division shall issue a certificate to each qualified individual stating that the individual is a registered spectacle lens dispenser.

(d) Any individual who had been approved as a manager of dispensing operations of a registered dispensing optician under the provisions of Section 2552 as it existed before January 1, 1988, and who had not been subject to any disciplinary action under the provisions of Section 2555.2 shall be exempt from the examination requirement set forth in this section and shall be issued a certificate as a registered spectacle lens dispenser, provided an application for that certificate is filed with the division on or before December 31, 1989.

(e) A registered spectacle lens dispenser is authorized to fit and adjust spectacle lenses at any place of business holding a certificate of registration under Section 2553 provided that the certificate of the registered spectacle lens dispenser is displayed in a conspicuous place at the place of business where he or she is fitting and adjusting.

(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 26, Sec. 43. Effective March 30, 1994.)