A licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist who has prescribed contact lenses or who releases a contact lens prescription pursuant to this chapter is not liable for damages due to injury resulting from violation of this chapter unless the person offering to dispense or dispensing the contact lenses and the person that prescribed the contact lenses are the same person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 37-25-80
Immunity
Known as the South Carolina Consumer Protection Code
The act spans §§ 37–37 (347 sections).
2005 Act No. 160, SECTION 1, eff June 14, 2005.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.