Fla. Admin. Code R. 64B12-10.007 (2026)

The following equipment must be maintained in each office in which an optician practices opticianry:

(1) Pupillary gauges;

(2) Thickness gauge;

(3) One set of hand tools necessary for the fitting of eye glasses;

(4) One lensometer or vertometer or similar instrument;

(5) One colmascope or similar instrument, when manufacturing glass lenses on the premises;

(6) One frame heater;

(7) One lens measure;

(8) Set of sample frames and mountings;

(9) Keratometer or similar instrument and slit lamp or similar instrument if fitting and adapting contact lenses pursuant to subsection 64B12-10.009(2), F.A.C.;

(10) A non-expired set of trial soft contact lenses, if fitting and adapting contact lenses pursuant to subsection 64B12-10.009(2), F.A.C.

Rulemaking Authority 484.005(2) FS. Law Implemented 484.002(3), 484.005(2) FS. History–New 12-6-79, Formerly 21P-10.07, Amended 5-31-87, Formerly 21P-10.007, 61G13-10.007, 59U-10.007, Amended 8-16-04, 4-9-12.

Effective: 4/9/2012.