367.684 Responsibility for accurate dispensing of contact lens or visual aid glasses

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prescription -- Limitation of liability.

(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.