Standards for Dispensing of Lenses or Eyeglasses

(1) No dispensing optician who holds a license issued by the Board pursuant to 235 CMR 2.00, nor any apprentice optician registered with the Board pursuant to 235 CMR 4.00, shall prepare or dispense any ophthalmic lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, contact lenses or appliances related thereto except in accordance with the terms of an eyeglass prescription or contact lens prescription written or issued by a duly licensed physician or by an duly registered or licensed optometrist. (2) Before delivering or furnishing any ophthalmic lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or contact lenses to the intended wearer or user thereof, a licensed dispensing optician shall: (a) Verify that the ophthalmic lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses in question conform in all material respects to the terms and specifications contained in the prescription issued by the intended wearer’s physician or optometrist; (b) Verify that the ophthalmic lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses in question fit the intended wearer or user properly, and make any and all adjustments in the fit of such items as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that they fit the intended wearer or user properly; (c) Verify that the materials used in such ophthalmic lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses meet all applicable requirements of Sections Z80.1 and Z80.2 of the Standards of the rd th American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 West 43 Street, 4 Floor, New York, NY 10036; (d) Provide the intended wearer or user with appropriate instruction in the handling, insertion, removal and care of such ophthalmic lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses; and (e) Document his or her performance of the procedures required by 235 CMR 5.02(2)(a) through (d), in writing, in the written records pertaining to that intended wearer or user which are maintained by him or her, or by the optical goods establishment from which those items are dispensed. Suchdocumentationshallbearthe signature or initials of the licensed dispensing optician who performed the procedures required by 235 CMR 5.02(2)(a) through (d).