If the Dr writes Polycarb a must on the rx, (and the patient is over 18), it must be filled this way, no ifs ands or buts. is this correct? Or is it just there for the patient to decide? Looked over all the laws and rules and cant seem to find any information on this. Anyone know, possibly a link to the site (if found). any information would greatly be appreciated! thank you for your time!
Trapped in the world of optics. :hammer:
Better have a talk with the doctor if there is much power or much cylinder involved. Let him know he's responsible for the re-make when the patient can't see.
Chip
Threads with this theme pop up every now and then and I don't recall a single instance where a shop went to court or the law required you to fill it as written provided you document and fulfill a duty to warn. Even then you would in all likely hood still be sued.
I'm not a lawyer but by the end of the other threads I take away that it is a liability issue where the doc has covered their behind so you now have a business decision whether to accept the risk.
I'm guessing when an injury occurs the insurance companies settle out of court.
Certainly state laws may vary and you should check into yours. And the doctor may have good reason to write it on the Rx, such as the patient may be blind in one eye, and he/she want the patient to be as protected as possible. More than likely, the doctor is looking to avoid the possibility of lens breakage and harm to an eye in the event of accident.
If you go against what the doctor recommends on the Rx, you run the risk of assuming legal liability if the patient is ever injured by a broken lens. If you use a material better for impact resistance than poly, I don't think you have to worry. I'm not saying I like this, but it is the legal atmosphere we live in.
Even more likely, the doctor has been to a seminar/sales pitch and wants to protect himself from lawyers.
Chip
Wouldn't Trivex actually be a safer and optically better option than Polycarb?
Lets not start that again...Originally Posted by MikeAurelius
Yeah, I said that...and what's wrong with practicing defensively...whether you are an optician or an optometrist?
Try using the search function (under the VisionEase logo) for more information than you probably need or want.
fjpod:
Everything we do should be for the benefit of the patient, not to cover our own behind. We shouldn't dispense junk, or overly expensive product if the patient does not recieve benefit from same.
Chip
Chip, are you saying that there is no benefit to dispensing polycarbonate lenses to children or others where there is a need for extra protection? If it is your (and others) contention that polycarbonate is "crap", then what did you dispense before the availability of Trivex/Phoenix?
What is the Rx?
polycarbonate is neither junk nor overpriced. It may in fact be the most appropriate lens material for some patient's needs.
Start WHAT again?
You get an Rx with much power and/or a high cylinder and it's junk!
debate what we want...what ever the doctor writes on the script, that better be what you filled!
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The doctor I worked for in Florida was anal about state law. If he wrote poly on an rx and YOU substituted ANYTHING else...he would have your butt before the state board!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you.
I dispensed polycarbonate for years and can't recall a single non-adapt requiring a material change. Perhaps my lab was doing a more careful job of surfacing, coating and edging.
I work in a place in Raleigh where 4 out 0f 5 jobs are made in Poly.
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That's just extreme arrogance really. I would fit anything but poly in that case.
We've been through this. There's a difference between seeing adequately and seeing well.
Judy, the only time I had a problem with Poly was when the Panamic first came out only in Poly and the CR-39 Comfort wearers didn't like it.
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LOL! My patients just didn't like Panamic in any material.
LOL...well, yeah, there was that,too......
"Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde"
Well, he is Canadian...among other things.....LOL
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