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.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4725.011

  • Therapeutic pharmaceutical agent: means a drug or dangerous drug that is used for examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of any disease, injury, or other abnormal condition of the visual system in the practice of optometry by a licensed optometrist, and is any of the following:

    (1) An oral drug or dangerous drug in one of the following classifications:

    (a) Anti-infectives, including antibiotics, antivirals, antimicrobials, and antifungals;

    (b) Anti-allergy agents;

    (c) Antiglaucoma agents;

    (d) Analgesics, including only analgesic drugs that are available without a prescription, analgesic drugs or dangerous drugs that require a prescription but are not controlled substances, and, to the extent authorized by the state vision professionals board in rules adopted under section 4725. See Ohio Code 4725.01

  • Topical ocular pharmaceutical agent: means a drug or dangerous drug that is a topical drug and used for evaluative purposes in the practice of optometry or for purposes of examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of any disease, injury, or other abnormal condition of the visual system. See Ohio Code 4725.01

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