Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET
Chapter 13 - Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers
Section 201 KAR 13:030 - Contact lens fitting
Universal Citation: 201 KY Admin Regs Service 13:030
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 326.060
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: Procedures and policies regarding fitting of contact lenses.
Section 1.
(1) The fitting of contact
lenses is a function of ophthalmic dispensing as outlined in
KRS
326.060, and an ophthalmic dispenser's
license shall be required of any person who fits contact lenses except as
specified in
KRS
326.070(4).
(2) Contact lenses shall be furnished only
upon prescription from a physician, osteopath or optometrist and under no
circumstances shall the dispenser neutralize the customer's lenses to arrive at
the prescription unless authorized to do so by the physician, osteopath or
optometrist.
(3) Trial lenses or
sample contact lenses shall not be inserted into the eye or eyes of a person
for the purpose of demonstrating, measuring or for trial or for any other
purpose incident to the fitting of contact lenses unless authorized to do so by
a physician, osteopath or optometrist.
(4) In all cases of contact lens fitting, the
ophthalmic dispenser shall not furnish contact lenses unless the prescription
from a physician, osteopath or optometrist under which such lenses are to be
furnished instructs the patient to return to such physician, osteopath or
optometrist to complete the fitting process.
(5) It shall be the exclusive prerogative of
the prescribing physician, osteopath, or optometrist, as set out in
KRS
326.010, to determine whether contact lenses
are superior to other forms of visual aid glasses.
(6) Since contact lens fitting is only one
part of the ophthalmic dispensing procedure, the board will not consider an
application for an apprentice license under
201 KAR 13:050 for
any person working exclusively in contact lenses. All persons desiring to
engage in contact lens fitting shall qualify as an ophthalmic dispenser under
KRS 326.030 and
be licensed by this board as such.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 326.020(3)
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