*Selling* glasses is counted as dispensing...and that is controlled.
But to the best of my knowledge noone on this forum is selling
glasses, outside of a few legally licensed dispensers like EBD and
G4U, who check in from time to time.
But, your question is also about your own liability. Let's eee.
You're not charging, you're not providing the health care, and in fact
you're not doing anything but facilitating the receipt of a mail-order
package being sent from a licensed dispensary.
A closer analog might be if you drove someone to the doctor, or signed
for your neighbor's package when it arrived in the mail. You'd be
involved, but not much.
If a lawyer were to get involved I'm certain that they could argue
fault at any level of involvement, but at your current level of
involvement in the process I can't imagine that there would be a
problem.
It's a good question...I would love to see a definitive answer. Have
we got any lawyers on list?
-- Chuck Knight
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm having a hard time with the explanation of "Can't get in trouble
> if you don't charge". For instance: If my neighbor provided health
> care at no cost she would be breaking the law (assuming she's not a
> doctor) by practicing without a license. The same would be true if she
> were practicing optometry, right? Is selling glasses far enough
> removed from the "doctoring" aspect?
>
> /Later/ I checked into my home state (Il) laws on this and interpreted
> the rules that there is no stipulation on licensure or education
> placed on the sale of eyewear as long as you do not manufacture them
> or actually read the prescription. I would like corroboration on this.
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2:59 pm, rdclark <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jan 6, 9:07 am, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > I asked the forum last week about if it were a legal practice to
>> > personally assist folks in obtaining glasses online.
>>
>> I'm sure you could get in trouble if you tried to charge money to do
>> so. Giving free advice is a time-honored hobby.
>
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