Hi Folks;
Yesterday, Tuesday 8-01-00, The Od next door brought me a page from his July issue of the Texas Optometric Assoc. newsletter. On page two there is an article titled "PRESCRIPTIONS Expiration Dates". About half way down the column it says, "lately, the Board has recieved numerous telephone calls stating that some licensees and their staff members are informing the public that a new law has been passed so that a SPECTACLE PRESCRIPTION "automatically' expires after one year and that an eye examination is required annually. Then it says, in bold underlined letters. THERE IS NO SUCH LAW.
They go on to say that law permits, at the discretion of the Doctor, an expiration date, but there is no one year expiration requirement.
I just wonder if things are getting so bad for the OD's that they feel they need to "Hood Wink" their patients. We hava one OD here in town that tries to put a six month expiration date on his Rx's. He usually goes into Riggors if someone tries to or wants to take their Rx elsewhere. What a ripoff of the population. Maybe Tom Brokaw ought to do a segment on his "Fleecing of America" on this.
Have any of you heard of this happening in your areas? Just wondering.
Jim,Been fleeced enough, Seebach
I did do them for him since the "Doctor" told him he needed them..well, "he is the "doctor" so he should be giving me what I need" of course he couldn't wear them, and we made him a pair of SV's..OH and the kicker? When he went to get a copy of his RX at the start, the OD made him pay a "fee" of $25 to get his RX !!! I shoulda pushed my friend into turning the OD and his optician into the state for charging this fee ... BTW the $25 fee was supposedly a charge to cover the "opticians" time he spent trying to "force" Greg into ordering a pair of Adaptars at the low rate of $175 
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