Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1)
Each optical establishment registered by the Department of Health to operate in
the State of Florida shall be subject to periodic inspections at least once
every other year by department personnel or agents. Each establishment where
regulated optical devices are sold, whether or not registered by the
Department, is subject to inspection for violations. Such inspections shall be
conducted at reasonable hours considering the regular business hours of the
establishment and may occur without notice when the establishment is
occupied.
(2) The inspection of the
optical establishment shall include the following:
(a) Notation of possible errors or
discrepancies with regard to the registration information provided to the
department.
(b) Determination
whether a change of ownership occurred and if so whether the permit was
returned to the department for cancellation within 30 days after a change in
ownership of the establishment.
(c)
Determination if any provisions of Chapter 484, Part 1, F.S., or the rules
promulgated pursuant thereto have been violated including:
1. Whether prescriptions written by an
allopathic or osteopathic physician or by an optometrist for any lenses,
spectacles, eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other optical devices are kept on
file for a period of two (2) years; and,
2. Whether a violation of Section
484.014 or
456.072, F.S., has
occurred.
(d)
Determination that the minimum equipment required by Rule
64B12-10.007, F.A.C., is
maintained in each office in which an optician practices opticianry. The
equipment required is pupillary gauges, thickness gauge, one set of hand tools
necessary for fitting of eye glasses, one lensometer or vertometer or similar
instrument, one colmascope or similar instrument, if glass lenses are
manufactured on the premises, one frame heater, one lens measure, set of sample
frames and mountings, keratometer or similar instrument and slit lamp or
similar instrument if fitting and adapting contact lenses, and a set of trial
soft contact lenses, if fitting and adapting contact lenses.
(e) Determination of whether a licensed
optician is on the premises when optical devices are prepared or dispensed, not
including their fabrication.
(f)
Verification that the establishment is permitted pursuant to Section
484.007,
F.S.
Rulemaking Authority 484.007, 484.014, 484.015 FS. Law
Implemented 484.007, 484.012, 484.014, 484.015
FS.
New 5-27-03, Amended 8-22-05,
2-2-06.
