Form Doh 662-097 - Optometrist License Application Packet Page 20

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33. A notation of “OK for contacts” on the prescription for corrective lenses indicates to the
practitioner fitting the contact lenses that:
A. the patient has been provided with trial lenses
B. the patient has expressed an interest in wearing contact lenses
C. there are no contraindications to contact lens wear, and the initial fitting and follow-up
must be completed within six months of the date of the eye examination
D. the patient’s vision plan covers contact lenses
34. A contact lens prescription may be written for less than two years if:
A. warranted by the ocular health of the eye
B. the prescription is for extended wear contact lenses
C. the patient is new
D. the prescription is more than plus or minus three diopters
35. If a prescription is written for less than two years, the prescriber must:
A. contact the optical lab
B. send a notice to the patient prior to its expiration
C. maintain a separate log of prescriptions that expire in less than two years
D. enter an explanatory notation in the patient’s record and provide a verbal explanation to
the patient at the time of the eye examination
36. No practitioner may dispense contact lenses based on a prescription that is over:
A. one year old
B. five years old
C. two years old
D. three years old
37. The finalized contact lens prescriptions shall be available to the patient or the patient’s
designated practitioner for replacement lenses and may be transmitted by:
A. telephone
B. facsimile or mail
C. provided directly to the patient in writing
D. all of the above
38. Under the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, when a prescriber completes a contact
lens fitting, the prescriber:
A. shall require the patient to purchase contact lenses from the prescriber
B. shall provide to the patient a copy of the contact lens prescription whether or not
requested by the patient
C. shall, as directed by any person designated to act on behalf of the patient, provide or
verify the contact lens prescription by electronic or other means
D. both b and c
DOH 662-078 April 2017
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