KRS 320.410: Fitting and dispensing ocular devices containing or delivering

pharmaceutical agents.

(1) Ocular devices approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration as a drug,

including but not limited to contact lenses, that contain and deliver pharmaceutic al

agents pursuant to a prescription from a physician or osteopath licensed under KRS

Chapter 311 or a licensed optometrist as authorized in KRS 320.240 shall be fitted

by an ophthalmologist licensed under KRS Chapter 311 or an optometrist licensed

under this chapter.

(2) Ocular devices containing or delivering pharmaceutical agents may be dispensed by

a licensed optometrist as authorized in KRS 320.240 or an ophthalmologist licensed

under KRS Chapter 311.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

(a) Expand the prescriptive authority of an optometrist licensed under this

chapter; or

(b) Prohibit, limit, or restrict a pharmacist licensed under KRS Chapter 315 from

dispensing a prescription for an ocular device that contains a pharmaceutical

agent.