Section 4725.011 | Vision-correcting device delivering drugs.
Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 134th General Assembly
In prescribing and dispensing vision correction devices, a licensed optometrist may prescribe and dispense any device that has vision correction as its primary purpose but also combines with that purpose the delivery of a drug or dangerous drug through the device, if the drug delivered by the device would otherwise be a topical ocular pharmaceutical agent or oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Devices authorized by this section include, but are not limited to, vision-correcting contact lenses that deliver such drugs or dangerous drugs.
Last updated February 23, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Available Versions of this Section
- March 24, 2008 – House Bill 149 - 127th General Assembly [ View March 24, 2008 Version ]
- April 6, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 509 - 134th General Assembly [ View April 6, 2023 Version ]