New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 33 - STATE BOARD OF OPHTHALMIC DISPENSERS AND OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIANS
Subchapter 5 - PRACTICE STANDARDS
Section 13:33-5.5 - Ophthalmic dispenser: definition; scope of practice

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:33-5.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A licensed ophthalmic dispenser may prepare and dispense to the intended wearer lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, appurtenances thereto, or contact lenses only if those preparations are based on a written prescription from a licensed physician or licensed optometrist. A licensed ophthalmic dispenser may also duplicate or replace existing lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, appurtenances, or contact lenses.

(b) The following functions are within the scope of practice of a licensed ophthalmic dispenser:

1. Those activities performed by licensed ophthalmic technicians as set forth in 13:33-5.6(b);

2. The determination that the lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses prepared and dispensed comport with the prescription that corrects the patient's visual anomaly;

3. The analysis and interpretation of prescriptions and lens design;

4. The taking of interpupillary distances and placement measurements of all lenses;

5. The selection and measurement of frames for facial contour: eye size, bridge size, temple length, frame shape, and frame style;

6. The fitting, adjusting, or adapting of eyewear to the face and eyes;

7. The dispensing of contact lenses pursuant to 13:33-4.1;

8. The mailing of completed eyeglasses pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:33-5.7;

9. The mailing of contact lenses pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:33-4.1; and

10. The performance and certification of vision screening pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:3-10c.

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