147.108 - CONTACT LENS PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING.
147.108 CONTACT LENS PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING.
1. A person shall not dispense or adapt contact lenses without
first receiving authorization to do so by a written, electronic, or
facsimile prescription, except when authorized orally under
subsection 2, from a person licensed under chapter 148 or 154. The
board of optometry shall adopt rules relating to electronic or
facsimile transmission of a prescription under this section.
2. After contact lenses have been adequately adapted and the
patient released from initial follow-up care by a person licensed
under chapter 148 or 154, the patient may request a copy, at no cost,
of the contact lens prescription from that licensed person. A person
licensed under chapter 148 or 154 shall not withhold a contact lens
prescription after the requirements of this section have been met.
The prescription, at the option of the prescriber, may be given
orally only to a person who is actively practicing and licensed under
chapter 148, 154, or 155A. The contact lens prescription shall
contain an expiration date, at the discretion of the prescriber, but
not to exceed eighteen months. The contact lens prescription shall
contain the necessary requirements of the ophthalmic lens, and the
prescription validation requirements as defined by rules adopted
pursuant to this section. The prescription may contain adapting and
material guidelines and may also contain specific instructions for
use by the patient. For the purpose of this section, "ophthalmic
lens" means one which has been fabricated to fill the requirements
of a particular contact lens prescription.
3. A person who fills a contact lens prescription shall maintain
a file of a valid prescription for a period of two years.
4. Notwithstanding section 147.86, a person who violates this
section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor for a first violation.
Subsequent violations are governed by section 147.86. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1098, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1036, §9; 2007 Acts, ch 10,
§79; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §96