73-19-61 - Persons authorized to dispense, fit, or prescribe contact lenses or other appliances touching cornea. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 73-19-61. Persons authorized to dispense, fit, or prescribe contact lenses or other appliances touching cornea.
 

It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, corporation, proprietorship, partnership, or any entity other than a licensed optometrist or licensed ophthalmologist to dispense, fit, or prescribe to the public contact lenses, or any medical appliance having direct contact with the cornea of the eye. An optical dispenser may, however, fill the written contact lens prescription of a licensed optometrist or licensed ophthalmologist provided that such optical dispenser directs the wearer of the lenses back to the prescribing optometrist or ophthalmologist for verification of the proper fit of the lenses. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1987, ch. 402, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1987.