Kentucky Statutes 367.684 – Responsibility for accurate dispensing of contact lens or visual aid glasses prescription — Limitation of liability
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(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.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2018. — Created
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003.
(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.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 367.684
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2018. — Created
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003.