Prescription Eye-Glasses

[Apoapsis]

State -> Iowa.

This is not about mal-practice, but it is the closest forum subject I could see.

I recently tried to get new glasses the other day. I have a prescription from over 2 years ago that is fine. The person at the shop said they couldn't make me glasses because the prescription had expired. They said it was a federal law. I called three other placed and they said yes there was a federal law that prevented them from making glasses from an expired prescription.

Now, I don't trust that the general population really knows the difference between local, state and federal laws, so it may or may not be a federal law.

However, I am looking for the specific law, or court case, ect that renders me a child unable to decide what kind of glasses I need. If someone could post a link to the law it would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks!

[janedoe23]

Do you think if you walked in a drugstore with a 2-year-old prescription they would still fill it?

[Apoapsis]

Originally Posted by janedoe23

Do you think if you walked in a drugstore with a 2-year-old prescription they would still fill it?

No.

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[JETX]

Originally Posted by Apoapsis

However, I am looking for the specific law, or court case

Though I am reluctant to do homework (and this smacks of being that), I offer the following from the Iowa Code:
147.109 Ophthalmic spectacle lens prescribing and dispensing.
1. A person shall not dispense or adapt an ophthalmic spectacle lens or lenses without first receiving authorization to do so by a written, electronic, or facsimile prescription from a person licensed under chapter 148, 150, 150A, or 154. For the purpose of this section, "ophthalmic spectacle lens" means one which has been fabricated to fill the requirements of a particular spectacle lens prescription. The board of optometry examiners shall adopt rules relating to electronic or facsimile transmission of a prescription under this section.
2. Upon completion of an eye examination, a person licensed under chapter 148, 150, 150A, or 154 shall furnish the patient a copy of their ophthalmic spectacle lens prescription at no cost. The ophthalmic spectacle lens prescription shall contain an expiration date. The ophthalmic spectacle lens prescription shall contain the requirements of the ophthalmic spectacle lens and the prescription validation requirements as defined by rules adopted pursuant to this section. The prescription, at the option of the prescriber, may contain adapting and material guidelines and may also contain specific instructions for use by the patient.
3. Upon request of a patient, a person licensed under chapter 148, 150, 150A, or 154 shall provide the prescription of the patient, if the prescription has not expired, at no cost to another person licensed under chapter 148, 150, 150A, or 154. The person licensed under chapter 148, 150, 150A, or 154 shall accept the prescription and shall not require the patient to undergo an eye examination unless, due to observation or patient history, the licensee has reason to require an examination.
4. A dispenser shall maintain a file of a valid prescription for a period of two years.
5. Notwithstanding section 147.86, a person who violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor for a first violation. Subsequent violations are governed by section 147.86.

[panzertanker]

Here is the Iowas state law regarding prescriptions in general also...
tell your teacher we helped!
From:
[url]http://www.state.ia.us/ibpe/pdf/IC155A.pdf[/url]
87 Acts, ch. 215, §27; 97 Acts, ch. 39, §3, 4; 2004 Acts, ch. 1036, §15, 16

[JETX]

Originally Posted by panzertanker

Here is the Iowas state law regarding prescriptions in general also...
tell your teacher we helped!

Would have been more 'help'..... if your post was correct. You provided the "IOWA PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT".... which has nothing to do with optometry or lens prescriptions.

[panzertanker]

Originally Posted by JETX

Would have been more 'help'..... if your post was correct. You provided the "IOWA PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT".... which has nothing to do with optometry or lens prescriptions.

If you read my post, JETX, I DID correctly state that it was "Iowa's state law regarding prescriptions in general", which WOULD be of "help" to clarify validity of prescriptions written in the state of Iowa.
Since we were all of the same mind that this was a homework project, every little bit helps.

[JETX]

Originally Posted by panzertanker

If you read my post, JETX, I DID correctly state that it was "Iowa's state law regarding prescriptions in general", which WOULD be of "help" to clarify validity of prescriptions written in the state of Iowa.
Since we were all of the same mind that this was a homework project, every little bit helps.

And with that 'logic'... why not just lead the OP to the site where ALL the Iowa statutes can be found and say "here are the Iowa laws... in general"???
Or maybe to a website with a map of the US.... and say, "Here is Iowa..... in general"??

The simple matter is... your reference to a 'general' Iowa prescription law had NOTHING to do with the issue of this post... that being "Ophthalmic spectacle lens prescribing".

[BelizeBreeze]

[URL=http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-2235.htm]16 CFR Parts 315 and 456[/URL]
For contact lenses, Eyeglasses and other ophthalmologic instruments.

[panzertanker]

Originally Posted by JETX

And with that 'logic'... why not just lead the OP to the site where ALL the Iowa statutes can be found and say "here are the Iowa laws... in general"???
Or maybe to a website with a map of the US.... and say, "Here is Iowa..... in general"??

The simple matter is... your reference to a 'general' Iowa prescription law had NOTHING to do with the issue of this post... that being "Ophthalmic spectacle lens prescribing".

As all prescription in the medical field fall under the direction of the Iowa Department of Public Health, there is validity in the possibility that the answer to "how long is the prescription valid for" is located in the general prescription law.
I do not know, I did not bother to read it. I merely referenced it, stated it was "general prescription law" and you decided to get your panties in a bunch. I am NOT incorrect, no matter how you want to semantically play it...


See, I deleted my original statement that I was going to place at the bottom of my reply b/c I thought "maybe I am just being too sensitive, and taking JETX statement out of context."
NOPE.

You are a classless jacka$$.
You need to learn manners.
You need to take your "happy" pill.

The advice was free, and so was the diagnosis.

[BelizeBreeze]

Originally Posted by panzertanker

I merely referenced it, stated it was "general prescription law" .

16 CFR Parts 315 and 456
For contact lenses, Eyeglasses and other ophthalmologic instruments.

[JETX]

Originally Posted by panzertanker

You are a classless jacka$$.

If by expecting ACCURATE responses on this LEGAL forum and correcting them when some idiot is wrong is being a "classless jackass", so be it.

If not being man (or woman) enough to admit it when you are proven wrong is being a piece of crap.... so be it also.

You need to learn manners.

What the hell do 'manners' have to do with anything. If you want 'manners', go to Emily Post or Martha Stewart!!

You need to take your "happy" pill.

No, what we need is to prevent people who are legal idiots from posting their incorrect and misguided posts on this forum. Then, I wouldn't have to spend the majority of my time having to correct them so that the 'victims' aren't put into more problems then they came here with!! That would make me 'happy'.

The advice was free, and so was the diagnosis.

And overpriced at that.

[Apoapsis]

Thanks for everyones help, it is greatly appriciated. Not sure how people got the impression this was homework, I thought I made my situation clear in my original post. Anyway, I sould be able to contact the correct representatives and reference the correct laws when I do.

Thanks again!

[panzertanker]

Originally Posted by JETX

If by expecting ACCURATE responses on this LEGAL forum and correcting them when some idiot is wrong is being a "classless jackass", so be it.

Explain how I am "wrong" to offer a link to prescriptive authority in the state of Iowa???

Originally Posted by JETX

If not being man enough to admit it when you are proven wrong is being a piece of crap.... so be it also.

If you search your brain, I have admitted I was wrong, where warranted...not here, not now, b/c I am not.

Originally Posted by JETX

What the hell do 'manners' have to do with anything. If you want 'manners', go to Emily Post or Martha Stewart!!

Manners have to do with:
Treating me politely, and if you KNOW that my link will not prove helpful then say so. However, you do not know that.

Originally Posted by JETX

No, what we need is to prevent people who are legal idiots from posting their incorrect and misguided posts on this forum. Then, I wouldn't have to spend the majority of my time having to correct them so that the 'victims' aren't put into more problems then they came here with!! That would make me 'happy'.

I agree with you. This statement does not hold true to my advice in this thread, b/c I did not give any legal advice. I gave a link to a pdf file that may prove helpful. Get off your high horse.

Originally Posted by JETX

And overpriced at that.

Nevertheless, correct.

[barry1817]

Originally Posted by Apoapsis

State -> Iowa.

This is not about mal-practice, but it is the closest forum subject I could see.

I recently tried to get new glasses the other day. I have a prescription from over 2 years ago that is fine. The person at the shop said they couldn't make me glasses because the prescription had expired. They said it was a federal law. I called three other placed and they said yes there was a federal law that prevented them from making glasses from an expired prescription.

Now, I don't trust that the general population really knows the difference between local, state and federal laws, so it may or may not be a federal law.

However, I am looking for the specific law, or court case, ect that renders me a child unable to decide what kind of glasses I need. If someone could post a link to the law it would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks!

They didn't render you a child unable to make a decision they are preventing prescriptions from being used, unless it is in a timely manner.

So an immediate question is how do you know the prescription is still good unless you have it checked?

Why don't you call the person that wrote the presciption and ask him to rewrite it with a new date?

What took you so long to get this taken care of?

Legitimate questions to ask of oneself before looking for others to blame.

[email]Barry1817@aol.com[/email]