On and after January 1, 1988, no individual may fit and adjust spectacle lenses unless the registration requirement of Section 2550 is complied with, and unless (1) the individual is a duly registered spectacle lens dispenser as provided in Section 2559.2 or (2) the individual performs the fitting and adjusting under the direct responsibility and supervision of a duly registered spectacle lens dispenser whose certificate of registration is then conspicuously and prominently displayed on the premises. A supervising registered dispenser shall be on the registered premises when an unregistered technician fits and adjusts spectacle lenses, allowing for usual and customary absences including illness and vacation.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 773, Sec. 12. Section operative January 1, 1988, pursuant to Section 2559.5.)