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§ 1566. Release of Prescriptions: Notice Required.

16 CA ADC § 1566Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 15. State Board of Optometry (Refs & Annos)
Article 10. Prescriptions
16 CCR § 1566
§ 1566. Release of Prescriptions: Notice Required.
At each office there shall be posted in a conspicuous place a notice which shall clearly state the legal requirements regarding the release of all corrective lens prescriptions and such notice shall at a minimum contain the following information:
CONSUMER NOTICE
Eye doctors are required to provide patients with a copy of their ophthalmic lens prescriptions as follows:
• Spectacle prescriptions: Release upon completion of exam.
• Contact lens prescriptions: Release upon completion of exam or upon completion of the fitting process.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 3025, 3025.5 and 3090, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2541.2, 3025, 3025.5 and 3090, Business and Professions Code; and Title 16 CFR 315.3, 456.1 and 456.2.
History
1. New section filed 3-15-94; operative 4-14-94 (Register 94, No. 11).
2. Amendment of section and Note filed 3-10-2006; operative 4-9-2006 (Register 2006, No. 10).
This database is current through 4/19/24 Register 2024, No. 16.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 1566, 16 CA ADC § 1566
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