Bill Text: MN SF1877 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Eyeglass prescription expiration date exception
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF1877 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1877-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; providing an exception for eyeglass prescription expiration
1.3date;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [145.7131] EXCEPTION TO EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION
1.6EXPIRATION.
1.7(a) Notwithstanding any law or practice to the contrary, in an emergency situation,
1.8or in the case of lost glasses, an optician, optometrist, physician, or eyeglass retailer may
1.9make a new pair of prescription eyeglasses using the prescription from the old lenses
1.10or the last prescription available.
1.11(b) A person may elect to use an eyeglass prescription from an expired prescription
1.12if the person has been advised by an optician, optometrist, physician, or eyeglass retailer
1.13on the risks involved with using an expired prescription.
1.3date;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [145.7131] EXCEPTION TO EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION
1.6EXPIRATION.
1.7(a) Notwithstanding any law or practice to the contrary, in an emergency situation,
1.8or in the case of lost glasses, an optician, optometrist, physician, or eyeglass retailer may
1.9make a new pair of prescription eyeglasses using the prescription from the old lenses
1.10or the last prescription available.
1.11(b) A person may elect to use an eyeglass prescription from an expired prescription
1.12if the person has been advised by an optician, optometrist, physician, or eyeglass retailer
1.13on the risks involved with using an expired prescription.
