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Originally Posted by Dazrin
I go to an opthamalogist and don't necessarily use their in-house opticians so they give me a prescription so I can go elsewhere. I'm not sure if most eyewear places with their own optomitrist will do that without asking. They kinda want you to buy from them.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
It's the law in Canada. Or at least B.C. They have to give you your prescription even if they are filling it.
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Originally Posted by Blossom
It's the law here in the U.S. but you have to ask for a copy of the prescription to get it. I just told them it's for online ordering and they gave me a copy. It's good for a year. You have to ask for the Pupil Distance as well they forget to put that on there twice with mine. Once you have it you can order online which is really cheaper it seems.
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Here I would suspect regulation, or professional conduct guidelines would stipulate they must be available to patients. Might be mandatory by blackletter law in the nannier states.
When I was travelling o/s a lot (last century) I carried my 'old' glasses and a 'just in case' photocopy of the 'scrip. I had to ask for it, they were handwritten back then. Given my eye specialist doesn't use a desktop computer during consultations, and that my file is a manilla folder, I wouldn't be surprised if they're still unreadable scrawls on a flimsy A5 scrap of paper. So even if I had a copy I doubt I'd be able to tell you what was on it.
My GP is the same, he handwrites... atrociously... pharma 'scrips and referrals; pharmacists, cardiologists, physiotherapists, et al have all commented on it :lol: Neither are very old, at a guess 40ish. I quite like the fact that they're not tethered to computers - unlike my vascular guy Ψ²
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