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2019 Tennessee Code
Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts
Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery
Part 7 - Volunteer Health Care Services Act
§ 63-6-711. Immunity for those dispensing previously owned eyeglasses -- Applicability.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 63-6-711 (2019)
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  • (a) Subject to the requirements of subsection (b), none of the following shall be civilly liable for any damages arising out of dispensing previously owned eyeglasses to a person:

    • (1) A sponsoring organization;

    • (2) A free clinic and any optometrist, ophthalmologist, or dispensing optician providing services at the free clinic; or

    • (3) Any organization that provides previously owned eyeglasses to a sponsoring organization or a free clinic free of charge and that is exempt from federal taxation under § 501(c)(3) or § 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) and (4)).

  • (b) In order for the immunity conferred by subsection (a) to apply:

    • (1) The person to whom the previously owned eyeglasses are dispensed must be fourteen (14) years of age or older;

    • (2) The previously owned eyeglasses must be dispensed without charge; and

    • (3) Before the previously owned eyeglasses are dispensed, a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist shall have:

      • (A) Personally examined the recipient of the eyeglasses and issued a prescription for the eyeglasses; or

      • (B) Personally consulted with the licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist who issued a prescription for the eyeglasses.

  • (c) The previously owned eyeglasses may be dispensed by an optometrist or ophthalmologist or a dispensing optician working with the optometrist or ophthalmologist.

  • (d) The immunity conferred by this section shall not apply if the organization or person granted immunity engages in grossly negligent or willful and wanton misconduct in dispensing the previously owned eyeglasses.

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