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SECTION 2560-2564.6
2560. No individual may fit and adjust contact lenses, including plano contact lenses, unless the registration requirement of Section 2550 is complied with, and unless (a) the individual is a duly registered contact lens dispenser as provided in Section 2561 or (b) the individual performs the fitting and adjusting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a duly registered contact lens dispenser who is then present on the registered premises. In no event shall a registered contact lens dispenser supervise more than three contact lens dispenser trainees. 2561. An individual shall apply for registration as a registered contact lens dispenser on forms prescribed by the division. The division shall register an individual as a registered contact lens dispenser upon satisfactory proof that the individual has passed the contact lens registry examination of the National Committee of Contact Lens Examiners or any successor agency to that committee. In the event the division should ever find after hearing that the registry examination is not appropriate to determine entry level competence as a contact lens dispenser or is not designed to measure specific job performance requirements, the division may thereafter from time to time 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 contact 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 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 with the National Committee of Contact Lens Examiners or any successor agency to that committee to provide that the registry examination is given at least twice each year on dates publicly announced at least 90 days before the examination dates. The division may deny registration where there are grounds for denial under the provisions of Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475). The division shall issue a certificate to each qualified individual stating that the individual is a registered contact lens dispenser. A registered contact lens dispenser may use that designation, but shall not hold himself or herself out in advertisements or otherwise as a specialist in fitting and adjusting contact lenses. 2562. Upon satisfactory completion of the fitting of contact lenses, but in no event more than 60 days after receipt of the prescription, a registered contact lens dispenser shall direct the person named in the prescription to return to the prescribing physician and surgeon or optometrist for an evaluation. 2563. A certificate issued to a registered contact lens dispenser may in the discretion of the division be suspended or revoked for violating or attempting to violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter, or for incompetence, gross negligence, or repeated similar negligent acts performed by the certificate holder. A certificate may also be suspended or revoked if the individual certificate holder has been convicted of a felony as provided in Section 2555.1. Any proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the division shall have all the powers granted therein. 2564. The provisions of this article shall not apply to an assistant fitting contact lenses while acting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a physician and surgeon or optometrist who engages in the practice of fitting contact lenses for his or her patients under Section 2544. 2564.5. A registered dispensing optician fitting contact lenses shall maintain accessible handwashing facilities on the premises and those facilities shall be used before each fitting of contact lenses. 2564.6. A registered dispensing optician shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 2541.2.
