[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR440.120]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 440_SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Definitions

 

Sec.  440.120  Prescribed drugs, dentures, prosthetic devices, and 



eyeglasses.



    (a) ``Prescribed drugs'' means simple or compound substances or 

mixtures of substances prescribed for the cure, mitigation, or 

prevention of disease, or for health maintenance that are--

    (1) Prescribed by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the 

healing arts within the scope of this professional practice as defined 

and limited by Federal and State law;

    (2) Dispensed by licensed pharmacists and licensed authorized 

practitioners in accordance with the State Medical Practice Act; and

    (3) Dispensed by the licensed pharmacist or practitioner on a 

written prescription that is recorded and maintained in the pharmacist's 

or practitioner's records.



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    (b) ``Dentures'' are artificial structures made by or under the 

direction of a dentist to replace a full or partial set of teeth.

    (c) ``Prosthetic devices'' means replacement, corrective, or 

supportive devices prescribed by a physician or other licensed 

practitioner of the healing arts within the scope of his practice as 

defined by State law to--

    (1) Artificially replace a missing portion of the body;

    (2) Prevent or correct physical deformity or malfunction; or

    (3) Support a weak or deformed portion of the body.

    (d) ``Eyeglasses'' means lenses, including frames, and other aids to 

vision prescribed by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or an 

optometrist.