16 C.F.R. § 456.1

Definitions

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(a) A patient is any person who has had a refractive eye examination.

(b) A refractive eye examination is the process of determining the refractive condition of a person's eyes or the presence of any visual anomaly by the use of objective or subjective tests.

(d) Ophthalmic services are the measuring, fitting, and adjusting of ophthalmic goods subsequent to a refractive eye examination.

(e) An ophthalmologist is any Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy who performs refractive eye examinations.

(f) An optometrist is any Doctor of Optometry.

(g) A prescription is the written specifications for lenses for eyeglasses which are derived from a refractive eye examination, including all of the information specified by State law, if any, necessary to obtain lenses for eyeglasses.

[57 FR 18822, May 1, 1992, as amended at 89 FR 60774, July 26, 2024]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1990 · leading case: Greenberg v. Michigan Optometric Ass'n, Inc., 483 F. Supp. 142 (E.D. Mich. 1980).

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Greenberg v. Michigan Optometric Ass'n, Inc., 483 F. Supp. 142 (E.D. Mich. 1980). · cites it 2× “” Those words are defined in 16 C.F.R. 456.1 as follows: The “dissemination of information” is the use of newspapers, telephone directories, window displays, television, radio, or any other medium to communicate to the pub-lie any information, including information concerning…”

California State Bd. of Optometry v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, Nat'l Ass'n of Optometrists & Opticians, Intervenor, 910 F.2d 976 (D.C. Cir. 1990). “at 10,304 (to be codified at 16 C.F.R. § 456.1 (g)) (emphasis added). Petitioners challenge all of these provisions.”

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