HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 315 Barcode 713897
Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)
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11 The Committee on Health Regulation offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 484.002, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read
19 484.002 Definitions.--As used in this part:
20 (3) "Opticianry" means the preparation and dispensing
21 of lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other
22 optical devices to the intended user or agent thereof, upon
23 the written prescription of a licensed allopathic or
24 osteopathic physician medical doctor or optometrist who is
25 duly licensed to practice or upon presentation of a duplicate
26 prescription. The selection of frame designs, the actual
27 sales transaction, and the transfer of physical possession of
28 lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other
29 optical devices subsequent to performance of all services of
30 the optician shall not be considered the practice of
31 opticianry; however, such physical possession shall not be
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1 transferred until the optician has completed the fitting of
2 the optical device upon the customer. The practice of
3 opticianry also includes the duplication of lenses accurately
4 as to power, without prescription. A board-certified optician
5 qualified and operating under rules established by the board
6 may fill, fit, adapt, or dispense any soft contact lens
7 prescription. Such optician may fill, fit, adapt, or dispense
8 any extended wear or hard contact lens prescription to the
9 extent authorized to do so by the prescribing allopathic or
10 osteopathic physician medical doctor or optometrist.
11 Section 2. Subsection (1) and (2) of section 484.012,
12 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 484.012 Prescriptions; filing; duplication of
14 prescriptions; duplication of lenses.--
15 (1) Any prescription written by a duly licensed
16 allopathic or osteopathic physician medical doctor or
17 optometrist for any lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, contact
18 lenses, or other optical devices shall be kept on file for a
19 period of 2 years with the optical establishment that fills
20 such prescription. However, the licensed optician may
21 maintain a copy of the prescription.
22 (2) Upon request by the intended user of the
23 prescribed lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, contact lenses, or
24 other optical devices, or by an agent of the intended user,
25 the optician who fills the original prescription shall
26 duplicate, on a form prescribed by rule of the board, the
27 original prescription. However, for medical reasons only, the
28 prescribing allopathic or osteopathic physician medical doctor
29 or optometrist may, upon the original prescription, prohibit
30 its duplication. Any duplication shall be considered a valid
31 prescription to be filled for a period of 5 years from the
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1 date of the original prescription, except that a contact lens
2 prescription shall be considered a valid prescription to be
3 filled for a period of 2 years from the date of the original
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
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13 amending ss. 484.002 and 484.012, F.S.;
14 providing requirements for written
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