New Hampshire Revised Statutes 327:25-b – Prescriptions for Spectacle Lenses and Contact Lenses
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For the purpose of a provider issuing a prescription for spectacle lenses, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 327-A:1, III, or a prescription for contact lenses, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 327-A:1, IV, to a patient, a provider shall establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship by an examination in person, through face-to-face interactive, 2-way, real-time communication, or telemedicine when all of the following conditions are met:
I. The provider obtains an updated medical history at the time of prescribing;
II. The provider makes a diagnosis at the time of prescribing;
III. The provider conforms to the standard of care expected of in-person care as appropriate to the patient’s age and presenting condition, including when the standard of care requires the use of diagnostic testing and performance of a physical examination, which may be carried out through the use of peripheral devices appropriate to the patient’s condition;
IV. The ophthalmic prescription is not determined solely by use of an online questionnaire;
V. The provider is actively licensed in New Hampshire and authorized to prescribe; and
VI. Upon request, the prescriber provides patient records in a timely manner in accordance with the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 332-I and all other state and federal laws and regulations.
I. The provider obtains an updated medical history at the time of prescribing;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 327:25-b
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
II. The provider makes a diagnosis at the time of prescribing;
III. The provider conforms to the standard of care expected of in-person care as appropriate to the patient’s age and presenting condition, including when the standard of care requires the use of diagnostic testing and performance of a physical examination, which may be carried out through the use of peripheral devices appropriate to the patient’s condition;
IV. The ophthalmic prescription is not determined solely by use of an online questionnaire;
V. The provider is actively licensed in New Hampshire and authorized to prescribe; and
VI. Upon request, the prescriber provides patient records in a timely manner in accordance with the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 332-I and all other state and federal laws and regulations.