New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 94 - PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Subchapter 3 - VISION AND EYE SCREENING PROGRAMS
Section 10:94-3.9 - Policy on refraction

(a) Refractions shall be done for consumers who will not be referred for further eye examinations by reason of pathology and who are indigent.

(b) Indigence shall be pre-determined by a co-sponsoring agency or Commission representative and a notation will accordingly be made on the form presented to the licensed eye physician. Indigent individuals are those who have no health insurance coverage for routine eye care or follow up, or who cannot readily access eye care.

(c) In the judgment and at the discretion of the licensed eye physician, refractions may not be performed for consumers with asympotomatic refractive error.