So... here's the dilema...

A guy comes in with an outside Rx:

R PL -1.00X 90
L PL SPH. ADD + 2.50

He wanted a computer only pair. He only wants it for the monitor, no near power. Typically, you cut the ADD power in half (+1.25). However, his monitor is farther than that. So (after I trial framed it), I came up with:

R +0.75-1.00x90
L +0.75

The debate was two-fold. The Assistant Manager (unlicensed) said that I could not alter prescriptions in any way. She went on to say that if I determined it, that I should send them back to the prescribing Doctor for a final Rx. Nope.

My point...I have done this for years. OD's prefer that I don't waste their chair time on things like this. Besides, I am NOT changing the prescription, I am adapting it to their reading distance. What do you think?

PS, I made them and the Patient was overjoyed. Upon pick-up I was "reminded" that I made a pair of glasses with an "illegal" prescription. Nope.