12VAC30-60-80. Utilization control: Optometrists' services.
Optometrists' services are limited to examinations (refractions) after preauthorization by the state agency except for eyeglasses as a result of an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT).
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia and Item 396 E 5 of the 1995 Appropriations Act.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR460-02-3.1300, § 2 G, eff. August 1, 1991; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 22, eff. September 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 1995; Volume 12, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 1996.
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