“Dispensing optician” means an individual or firm which fills prescriptions of physicians for prescription lenses and kindred products and fits and adjusts such lenses and spectacle frames. A dispensing optician is also authorized to act on the advice, direction and responsibility of a physician or optometrist in connection with the fitting of a contact lens or contact lenses.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 14105 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 14132, Welfare and Institutions Code.

History

1. New section filed 9-27-72; designated effective 11-1-72 (Register 72, No. 40).

2. Change without regulatory effect adding Note (Register 86, No. 49).