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Are only opthalmologist allowed to write contact prescriptions?
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No: Any physician or optometrist can write contact lens prescriptions. Although any physician can legally write contact lens prescriptions, ophthalmologists are the only physicians who typically do so. Optometrists are non-physician eye care providers who also write contact lens prescriptions.
Answered 10/10/2013
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