2001 House Bill 5378 ↩

House Roll Call 80: Passed

To require and establish regulations for the form and content of contact lens prescriptions, and for the procedures used in vision and eye health examinations for contact lens prescriptions. The bill also prohibits a contact lens provider from filling a prescription beyond its expiration date, establishes that a prescription may not expire for a minimum of one year, requires the provider to maintain certain records and to confirm the specifics of the prescription before filling it, and requires the writer of the prescription to respond to a provider's confirmation request within ten business hours. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5376 to 5379.