<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940c000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:10:03"><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">20</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">:</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">50</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">:</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">10</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">:</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000000">03</span></a><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000001">.  Expiration of contact lens prescription.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> A contact lens prescription expires:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">  </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">Not less than one year after the issue date of the prescription; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">On the date specified by the </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">prescribing optometrist</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">, based upon the medical judgment of the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> prescribing optometrist</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> with respect to the ocular health of the patient.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    If a prescription expires in less than one year, the </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">prescribing optometrist</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> shall document the reasons for that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">expiration date in the patient's medical record. </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">A prescribing optometrist</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> not</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> specify a prescription</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">expiration date that </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">is earlier than the date on which a reexamination of the patient</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> is medically necessary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> 44 SDR 99, effective December 11, 2017; 46 SDR 119, effective May 4, 2020</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">(2).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">    </span><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1"><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0-000003">36-7-1</span></a><span class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d62c65-10fc-41b1-901c-a4fd9881940c000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>