Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 18.195 · 7 active provisions
The legislature finds that in the newly reformed health care delivery system it is necessary to clarify providers' roles to ensure that they are working together to maximize patient access while controlling costs. This is especially important in the vision care industry, where the potential for confusion exists due to…
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(1) "Dispensing" means the retail delivery of ophthalmic goods to the patient by a prescriber or optician.(2) "Eye examination" means a testing process administered by a prescriber that includes the process of determining the refractive condition of a patien…
(1) No prescriber shall:(a) Fail to provide to the patient one copy of the patient's prescription at the completion of the eye examination. A prescriber may refuse to give the patient a copy of the patient's prescription until the patient has paid for the eye examination, but only if that prescriber would have required…
(1) If the patient chooses to purchase contact lenses from an optician and the prescription is silent regarding contact lenses, the optician shall contact the prescriber and request a written prescription with a notation of "OK for contacts" or similar language. However, if no evaluation for contact lenses had been don…
(1) The secretary shall adopt rules necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter. The secretary is specifically directed to adopt rules that maximize competition in the delivery of vision care limited only by the existing scope of practice of the professions and by provisions preventing demonstrated and substant…
This chapter may be cited as the consumer access to vision care act.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as expanding the scope of practice of a vision care practitioner beyond that currently authorized by state law.