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32 M.R.S. §20160: Issuance of prescription for ophthalmic lenses
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
- CHAPTER 153: MAINE BOARD OF MEDICINE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT
- SUBCHAPTER 5: DELEGATION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; REQUIREMENTS; STANDARDS
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 1/1/27)
A physician licensed by the board may not issue a prescription for ophthalmic lenses, as defined in section 19101, subsection 19, solely in reliance on a measurement of the eye by a kiosk, as defined in section 19101, subsection 14, without conducting an eye examination, as defined in section 19101, subsection 11.
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