California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 15 - State Board of Optometry
Article 10 - Prescriptions
Section 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.
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).
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.