In this chapter, (1) 'department' means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (2) 'dispensing optician' means a person who, on written prescription from a licensed physician or optometrist, prepares and dispenses to the intended wearer or person who writes the prescription, original or duplicate lenses, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and appurtenances to them, and interprets, measures, adapts, fits, and adjusts lenses, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and appurtenances to them in accordance with the written prescription, to the face for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the human eye; (3) 'supervision' means the provision of any needed direction, control, consultation, instruction, evaluation, and personal inspection of work being performed.
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