20 : 50 : 10 : 03 . Expiration of contact lens prescription. A contact lens prescription expires:

1. (1) Not less than one year after the issue date of the prescription; or

2. (2) On the date specified by the prescribing optometrist, based upon the medical judgment of the prescribing optometrist with respect to the ocular health of the patient.

   If a prescription expires in less than one year, the prescribing optometrist shall document the reasons for that expiration date in the patient's medical record. A prescribing optometrist may not specify a prescription expiration date that is earlier than the date on which a reexamination of the patient is medically necessary.

Source: 44 SDR 99, effective December 11, 2017; 46 SDR 119, effective May 4, 2020 ; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 36-7-15 (2).

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-7-1 .

Prior versions effective: 2020-05-04, 2017-12-11.