Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each person licensed as an ophthalmic
dispenser shall maintain for a period of at least six years at a New Jersey establishment the following
records:
1. All original prescriptions, or copies of prescriptions, which
the licensee or licensee's apprentices fill;
2. All data required
in the preparation and dispensing of eyeglasses:
i. Frames, such as eye
size, bridge size and temple length; and
ii. Lenses, such as
sphere, cylinder, axis, prism base, add, patient pupillary distance (P.D.), eyeglass pupillary distance
(P.S.) and height of segment (Seg) if multifocal, base curve, frame size, eye size, bridge size and temple
length;
3. All information required in dispensing of
contact lenses;
4. Identification, by means of name or initials,
of individuals involved in interpreting and measuring, duplicating, fabricating, verifying, and fitting and
adjusting all eyeglasses, frames, and lenses fabricated and dispensed;
5. Written confirmation that the licensed dispenser or licensed technician
has verified the lenses; and
6. If a licensed ophthalmic
dispenser performs and certifies vision screening pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
13:33-5.5(b)10, a copy of the completed Motor Vehicle
Commission vision screening report.
(b) In order to
fabricate, verify, and/or duplicate a lens or a pair of eyeglasses, the following information shall be
obtained or checked:
1. Sphere, cylinder, axis, prism, base, add, patient
pupillary distance, eyeglass pupillary distance, height of segment, base curve, frame size, eye size, bridge
size, and temple length.
(c) To obtain the information
outlined in (b) above, the following equipment shall be utilized:
1.
Lensometer, vertometer, or any other automatic electronic equipment to measure the power of a lens, a lens
clock and a millimeter ruler.
2. Any person using the equipment
listed in (c)1 above to obtain information for the purpose of fabricating, dispensing, verifying, or
duplicating a lens or pair of eyeglasses shall be deemed to be practicing Ophthalmic Dispensing and
Ophthalmic Technicianry.
(d) If a patient requests
that a licensed ophthalmic dispenser release an original prescription, the licensed ophthalmic dispenser
shall release to the patient, without charge, the original prescription maintained as part of the licensed
ophthalmic dispenser's records pursuant to (a) above. A licensed ophthalmic dispenser who releases an
original prescription shall make a copy of the prescription and maintain this as part of his or her
records.
