Bill Text: MN SF1877 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eyeglass prescription expiration date exception

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF1877 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1877-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to health; providing an exception for eyeglass prescription expiration
date;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. [145.7131] EXCEPTION TO EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION
EXPIRATION.
(a) Notwithstanding any law or practice to the contrary, in an emergency situation,
or in the case of lost glasses, an optician, optometrist, physician, or eyeglass retailer may
make a new pair of prescription eyeglasses using the prescription from the old lenses
or the last prescription available.
(b) A person may elect to use an eyeglass prescription from an expired prescription
if the person has been advised by an optician, optometrist, physician, or eyeglass retailer
on the risks involved with using an expired prescription.