CALIFORNIA LAW EXAM OPTOMETRY NEWEST EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

CALIFORNIA LAW EXAM OPTOMETRY NEWEST EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ What is considered a prescription lens? - ...ANSWER...Any device that alters or changes the visual powers of the human eye. This includes any plano contact lens. What 5 components are required on a spectacle prescription? - ...ANSWER...1. patient's name 2. dioptric power of the lens 3. issue and expiration dates 4. name, address, telephone, and license number of OD 5. Signature of OD What is the expiration date for a spectacle rx? - ...ANSWER...cannot be less than 2-4 years from the date of issue unless by patient history or circumstance, including: presence of visual abnormalities related to ocular/systemic disease, reasonable probability of change earlier than 2 years. true/false: you can fill an expired glasses prescription in the case that the glasses were broken, lost, or damaged. - ...ANSWER...true In such cases, the dispenser shall recommend that patient returns to prescriber for an eye examination. true/false: prescriber must orally inform patient of their spectacle rx expiration date. - ...ANSWER...true True/false: a glasses rx expiration date may be extended by the prescriber - ...ANSWER...true True/false: expired glasses prescriptions may be filled in the event of loss, breakage, or damage - ...ANSWER...true RATIONALE: *in such cases, the dispenser shall recommend that the patient return to the prescriber for an eye exam. For clinical practice, if there are any differences between California law and federal law, which supersedes? - ...ANSWER...federal law What is the expiration date for contact lenses? - ...ANSWER...cannot be less than 1 year and no more than 2 years from date of issue, unless by patient history or circumstance and there is reasonable probability for change earlier than 1 year. Expiration date must not be less than reexam date. true/false: the prescriber has discretion in releasing a CL rx for RGP lenses (spherical, biotoric, bifocal), keratoconus lenses, and other custom design lenses manufactured for a patient and not mass produced. - ...ANSWER...true, CALIFORNIA LAW. RATIONALE: for federal law, there is no discretion. prescriber must release rx for all lenses, whether requested or not. this means that in California you must give the prescription at the end of a soft CL exam. For GP/specialty lenses you are not required to like in other states