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DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 7. Optometry 3000-3167›ARTICLE 5. Revocation and Suspension 3090-3111

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California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

When the holder uses the title of “Doctor” or “Dr.” as a prefix to his or her name, without using the word “optometrist” as a suffix to his or her name or in connection with it, or, without holding a diploma from an accredited school of optometry, the letters “Opt. D.” or “O.D.” as a suffix to his or her name, it constitutes a cause to revoke or suspend his or her optometrist license.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 12. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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