{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-2556","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 2556","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as authorized by Section 655, it is unlawful for a registered dispensing optician or a person who engages in the business of, or holds himself or herself out to be, a dispensing optician to do any of the following: to advertise the furnishing of, or to furnish, the services of an optometrist or a physician and surgeon, to directly employ an optometrist or physician and surgeon for the purpose of any examination or treatment of the eyes, or to duplicate or change lenses without a prescription or order from a person duly licensed to issue the same. For the purposes of this section, “furnish” does not mean to enter into a landlord-tenant relationship of any kind.\n(b) Notwithstanding Section 125.9, the board may, by regulation, impose and issue administrative fines and citations for a violation of this section or Section 655, which may be assessed in addition to any other applicable fines, citations, or administrative or criminal actions.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 5.5. Registered Dispensing Opticians [2550. - 2568.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [2550. - 2559.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"340ac010e473eadbd58eaf6cc5f01355113e272f43c5d9d4dabb2cc954360668","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-2555.6","next":"us-ca/bpc-2556.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}