I am the current chair of the Georgia State Board of Dispensing Opticians. The Georgia State Board of Dispensing Opticians discussed this at length, and our stand on it is that if the Rx is expired, it's expired...no extension...no nothing. If the prescribing DOCTOR, wishes to allow anything for the patient, that is his/her choice, and they would be the authority. In addition, the intent of the prescriber is to have sufficient contact lenses filled until expired, therefore if someone were to come into an office a day before expiration, the most sold should only be the minimum number allowed to be delivered that date. If they are not something in stock, the expiration date would have passed before dispensing, therefore, none can be sold or dispensed. I won't offer any further discourse on this.
Diane
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