Laws and Professional Standards Flashcards
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Under the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, within how many business days must a prescriber release a contact lens prescription after the fitting is complete?
Answer: 1 business day
The FCLCA requires prescribers to provide the contact lens prescription to the patient immediately after the fitting is complete, or within 1 business day.
Which federal agency primarily regulates the manufacture and labeling of prescription eyeglass lenses and frames as medical devices?
Answer: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA regulates prescription eyeglass lenses and contact lenses as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
A patient requests a copy of their eyeglass prescription but the optometrist's office says they must pay an inflated fee before receiving it. Under FTC rules, this is:
Answer: A violation — patients must receive prescriptions at no extra charge
Under the FTC Eyeglass Rule, prescribers must provide a copy of the prescription to the patient at no additional charge upon completion of the exam.
Which of the following actions by an optician would most likely constitute practicing outside their scope of practice in most U.S. states?
Answer: Diagnosing a patient with myopia and prescribing corrective lenses
Diagnosing refractive errors and prescribing lenses is within the scope of optometrists or ophthalmologists, not opticians.
A state board of opticianry receives a complaint that a licensed optician altered a patient's prescription without authorization. This would best be described as:
Answer: Grounds for disciplinary action including possible license revocation
Altering a prescription without authorization is a serious ethical and legal violation that can result in disciplinary action up to and including license revocation.
When a dispensing optician sells non-prescription (plano) sunglasses, which labeling requirement enforced by the FDA must still be met?
Answer: The lenses must meet impact resistance standards under 21 CFR 801.410
Under 21 CFR 801.410, all spectacle lenses sold in the United States — including plano sunglasses — must meet impact resistance requirements.
An optician in a two-for-one sale advertises 'free lenses' with frame purchase but adds undisclosed charges later. Which regulatory body would most likely investigate this as a deceptive trade practice?
Answer: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The FTC enforces consumer protection laws against deceptive advertising and unfair trade practices in the optical retail industry.