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KRS 367.684

Responsibility for accurate dispensing of contact lens or visual aid glasses prescription -- Limitation of liability

Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky

(1) Any seller or any person authorized to dispense contact lenses or visual aid glasses in the Commonwealth who fills a prescription bears the full responsibility for the accurate dispensing of the contact lenses or visual aid glasses provided under the prescription. At no time shall any changes or substitutions be made, including brand, type of lenses, or ophthalmic parameters, without the direction of the optometrist, osteopath, or physician who issued the contact lens or visual aid glasses prescription.

(2) The optometrist, osteopath, or physician shall not be liable for any damages for injury resulting from the packaging, manufacturing, or dispensing of the contact lenses or visual aid glasses unless the seller and the prescriber are the same person.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.