Who can legally sell or dispense prescription diving masks, swim goggles, or other sports eyewear?
The State Education Department determined in 1983 that the sale of sports eyewear which includes corrective lenses such as diving masks or swim goggles, constitutes the practice of ophthalmic dispensing within the definition of section 7121 of Education Law. Section 7126(1) of Education Law allows a corporation which is not licensed to practice ophthalmic dispensing to engage in the business of selling eyeglasses or lenses for the correction of vision only if a licensed physician, optometrist or ophthalmic dispenser is in charge of and in personal attendance at the point of sale.
