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[16 CFR 456] Title 16 Part 456 : Code of Federal Regulations ';
Title 16 Part 456
Title 16 → Chapter I → Subchapter D → Part 456
e-CFR data is current as of November 15, 2018
PART 456—OPHTHALMIC PRACTICE RULES (EYEGLASS RULE)
§456.1 Definitions.
§456.2 Separation of examination and dispensing.
§456.3 Federal or State employees.
§456.4 Declaration of Commission Intent.
§456.5 Rules applicable to prescriptions for contact lenses and related issues.
Source: 57 FR 18822, May 1, 1992, unless otherwise noted.
(a) A patient is any person who has had an eye examination.
(b) An eye examination is the process of determining the refractive condition of a person's eyes or the presence of any visual anomaly by the use of objective or subjective tests.
(c) Ophthalmic goods are eyeglasses, or any component of eyeglasses, and contact lenses.
(d) Ophthalmic services are the measuring, fitting, and adjusting of ophthalmic goods subsequent to an eye examination.
(e) An ophthalmologist is any Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy who performs eye examinations.
(f) An optometrist is any Doctor of Optometry.
(g) A prescription is the written specifications for lenses for eyeglasses which are derived from an eye examination, including all of the information specified by state law, if any, necessary to obtain lenses for eyeglasses.
(a) Fail to provide to the patient one copy of the patient's prescription immediately after the eye examination is completed. Provided: An ophthalmologist or optometrist may refuse to give the patient a copy of the patient's prescription until the patient has paid for the eye examination, but only if that ophthalmologist or optometrist would have required immediate payment from that patient had the examination revealed that no ophthalmic goods were required;
This rule does not apply to ophthalmologists or optometrists employed by any Federal, State or local government entity.
In prohibiting the use of waivers and disclaimers of liability in §456.2(d), it is not the Commission's intent to impose liability on an ophthalmologist or optometrist for the ophthalmic goods and services dispensed by another seller pursuant to the ophthalmologist's or optometrist's prescription.
Rules applicable to prescriptions for contact lenses and related issues may be found at 16 CFR part 315 (Contact Lens Rule).
[69 FR 40511, July 2, 2004]