ORS 743B.406 Vision Care Providers

• Library: Oregon Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through legislation effective January 1, 2024
• Year: 2023
• Citation: ORS 743B.406

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Contractual discount" means a percentage reduction, required under a contract with an insurer, in a vision care provider's usual and customary rate for vision care services and materials.

(b) "Discount card" means a card or other purchasing mechanism or device that is not insurance or a discount medical plan, as defined in ORS 742.420, that purports to offer discounts or access to discounts in health-related purchases from health care providers.

(c) "Materials" includes, but is not limited to:

(A) Lenses;

(B) Devices containing lenses;

(C) Contact lenses;

(D) Prisms;

(E) Lens treatments and contact lens coatings;

(F) Orthopedic or prosthetic devices to correct, relieve or treat defects or abnormal conditions of the human eye or adnexa; and

(G) Vision training.

(d) "Vision care insurance" means a health benefit plan or a policy or certificate of insurance that covers vision care services and materials.

(e) "Vision care provider" includes:

(A) A person licensed to practice optometry under ORS chapter 683; and

(B) A physician licensed under ORS 677.100 to 677.228 to practice medicine who has completed a residency program in ophthalmology.

(f) "Vision care services" means services provided by a vision care provider within the scope of the provider's license to practice optometry or ophthalmology.

(2) A contract between a vision care provider and an entity that offers vision care insurance or a vision care discount card may not: