{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-38-280","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-38-280","heading":"Ophthalmic dispensing of services and appliances; prescription required; exceptions.","body":"The services and appliances related to ophthalmic dispensing must be dispensed, furnished, or supplied to the intended wearer or user only upon prescription issued by a physician or an optometrist; however, duplications, replacements, reproductions, or repetitions may be provided without prescription and are deemed to be ophthalmic dispensing, as if performed on the basis of a written prescription. Oral prescriptions are permitted if the optician maintains a written record. Contact lenses may be dispensed only in accordance with Section 40-38-270.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 38 Opticians"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c038.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:22:24Z","sha256":"ec59ea72b13241c5c8ab750dc7d45d512d5f633da29251cc0e47c4e191144011","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-38-270","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-38-290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}