California Business and Professions Code

§ 4124

BPC § 4124 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 2 · Ch. 9 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding Section 2543, a pharmacist may dispense replacement contact lenses pursuant to a valid prescription of a physician or optometrist. Nothing in this section authorizes a pharmacist to conduct an examination of the eyes or to fit or adjust contact lenses. For purposes of this section, “replacement contact lenses” means soft contact lenses that require no fitting or adjustment, and that are dispensed as packaged and sealed by the manufacturer.

(b)No replacement contact lenses may be sold or dispensed except pursuant to a prescription that meets all of the following requirements:

(1)Conforms to state and federal statutes and regulations governing those prescriptions and includes the name, address, and state license number of the prescribing practitioner.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 890, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.