New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 19 - CONTACT LENSES
Section 16.16.19.19 - LIABILITY FOR USE OF PRESCRIPTION

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.16.19.19
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

When a patient's replacement contact lens prescription is dispensed by a person other than that licensed optometrist or a person associated directly or indirectly with the licensed optometrist, the licensed optometrist is not liable for any injury to or condition of a patient caused solely by the negligence of the dispenser. Furthermore, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist is not liable for a patient's subsequent use of a contact lens prescription if the patient's condition, age, general health, and susceptibility to an adverse reaction caused by or related to the use of contact lenses or other factors result in the patient no longer being a proper candidate for the contact lenses prescribed.

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