Me making the patient a "custom" reader?...Follow me here...
John Q Public walks into my dispensary. 40 years old and can't see near well any longer and wants a OTC reader. ( of course, I'm gonna ask him if he's had an eye exam, and the importance of doing so from an OD or OMD). But he still balks at that and insists on just a OTC reader....
I inform him of the inferior quality of the frame and lenses in OTC's. He decides he wants a better quality frame and lenses. ( this is where it gets interesting..)
I inform him that in this state, it is perfectly legal to duplicate a pair of "his" glasses. I only have to duplicate the "Rx", not the PD, seg height (if any) nothing but the "Rx". I help him select the best OTC reader by trial and error, he likes the +1.75. ( legal, I *sell* readers, I'm just asking the customer which he prefers "one or two"....sound like refracting?..) He *buys* them from me ( now *his* glasses), and I proceed to *duplicate* "his" glasses. I take his PD and make him a pair of +1.75's in trivex with AR in a Caviar rimless frame full of stones. "That will be $xxxx.. Thank you Mr. Public"......
Now for a *Barryism*......
Thoughts?
PS; This is a totally fictitious scenario. I would never conduct or be apart of this type of behavior.
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