Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-942
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Acts by unlicensed persons prohibited - Permissible acts
Official statutory text
on prescription - Repairs.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation,
company, or partnership not licensed pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 11, Chapter 13 or Chapter 14 of this title, to:
1. Fit, adjust, adapt, or to in any manner apply lenses,
frames, prisms, or any other optical appliances to the face of a
person;
2. Duplicate or attempt to duplicate, or to place or replace
into the frames, any lenses or other optical appliances which have
been prescribed, fitted, or adjusted for visual correction, or which
are intended to aid human vision;
3. Give any treatment or training designed to aid human vision;
or
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4. Represent or hold oneself out to the public as being
qualified to do any of the acts listed in this section.
B. 1. Persons licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapters
11, 13 or 14 of this title may in a written prescription, or its
duplicate, authorize any optical supplier to interpret the
prescription. The optical supplier:
a. may, in accordance with a written prescription or its
duplicate, measure, adapt, fit, prepare, dispense, or
adjust such lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, prisms,
tinted lenses, frames or appurtenances thereto, to the
human face for the aid or correction of visual or
ocular anomalies of the human eye, and
b. may continue to do such acts upon a written
prescription, or its duplicate.
2. The physician or optometrist writing such prescription shall
remain responsible for the full effect of the appliances so
furnished by the other person.
C. 1. It is hereby prohibited and declared contrary to the
public health and public policy of this state to dispense, supply,
fit, adjust, adapt, or in any manner apply contact lenses to the
eyes of a person whether or not those contact lenses are designed to
aid or correct human vision or are plano or cosmetic contact lenses,
without a prescription issued by a person licensed pursuant to
Chapter 11, Chapter 13 or Chapter 14 of this title.
2. The Board of Examiners in Optometry may secure an
injunction, without bond, in the district courts to prevent the
dispensing, supplying, fitting, adjusting, or adapting of any
contact lens without a prescription.
3. As used in this section, “plano” means a contact lens with
no prescription power.
D. The provisions of this section shall not prevent a qualified
person from making repairs to eyeglasses.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation,
company, or partnership not licensed pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 11, Chapter 13 or Chapter 14 of this title, to:
1. Fit, adjust, adapt, or to in any manner apply lenses,
frames, prisms, or any other optical appliances to the face of a
person;
2. Duplicate or attempt to duplicate, or to place or replace
into the frames, any lenses or other optical appliances which have
been prescribed, fitted, or adjusted for visual correction, or which
are intended to aid human vision;
3. Give any treatment or training designed to aid human vision;
or
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4. Represent or hold oneself out to the public as being
qualified to do any of the acts listed in this section.
B. 1. Persons licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapters
11, 13 or 14 of this title may in a written prescription, or its
duplicate, authorize any optical supplier to interpret the
prescription. The optical supplier:
a. may, in accordance with a written prescription or its
duplicate, measure, adapt, fit, prepare, dispense, or
adjust such lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, prisms,
tinted lenses, frames or appurtenances thereto, to the
human face for the aid or correction of visual or
ocular anomalies of the human eye, and
b. may continue to do such acts upon a written
prescription, or its duplicate.
2. The physician or optometrist writing such prescription shall
remain responsible for the full effect of the appliances so
furnished by the other person.
C. 1. It is hereby prohibited and declared contrary to the
public health and public policy of this state to dispense, supply,
fit, adjust, adapt, or in any manner apply contact lenses to the
eyes of a person whether or not those contact lenses are designed to
aid or correct human vision or are plano or cosmetic contact lenses,
without a prescription issued by a person licensed pursuant to
Chapter 11, Chapter 13 or Chapter 14 of this title.
2. The Board of Examiners in Optometry may secure an
injunction, without bond, in the district courts to prevent the
dispensing, supplying, fitting, adjusting, or adapting of any
contact lens without a prescription.
3. As used in this section, “plano” means a contact lens with
no prescription power.
D. The provisions of this section shall not prevent a qualified
person from making repairs to eyeglasses.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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