NOCE Laws and Professional Standards 2

Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

1 business day

Answer

The FCLCA requires prescribers to provide the contact lens prescription to the patient immediately after the fitting is complete, or within 1 business day.

Question 2

Which federal agency primarily regulates the manufacture and labeling of prescription eyeglass lenses and frames as medical devices?

Accepted Answer

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Answer

The FDA regulates prescription eyeglass lenses and contact lenses as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Question 3

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:

Accepted Answer

A violation — patients must receive prescriptions at no extra charge

Answer

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.

Question 4

Which of the following actions by an optician would most likely constitute practicing outside their scope of practice in most U.S. states?

Accepted Answer

Diagnosing a patient with myopia and prescribing corrective lenses

Answer

Diagnosing refractive errors and prescribing lenses is within the scope of optometrists or ophthalmologists, not opticians.

Question 5

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:

Accepted Answer

Grounds for disciplinary action including possible license revocation

Answer

Altering a prescription without authorization is a serious ethical and legal violation that can result in disciplinary action up to and including license revocation.

NOCE - National Opticianry Competency Examination Practice Test

NOCE - National Opticianry Competency Examination Practice Test

NOCE Laws and Professional Standards 2