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disabled patients were referred by petitioner to other
optometrists.
In 1997, in order to increase petitioner’s ability to treat
disabled patients, petitioner purchased for $12,950 a Humphrey
Instruments automatic refractor/keratometer (automatic
refractor).
Also in 1997, petitioner purchased for $4,495 a Rush
Ophthalmics height-adjustable rotary instrument stand on which to
place the automatic refractor. This rotary instrument stand made
the automatic refractor accessible to wheelchair patients.
Using the automatic refractor and the rotary instrument
stand together petitioner was able to perform “objective”
refractions on all of his patients in order to test their vision
and in order to prescribe corrective lenses without the patients
having to be seated in an examination chair behind a manual
refractor and without having to engage in a series of written
questions and answers.
While the patients look into the automatic refractor, the
refractor shines a light into the patients’ eyes, takes
measurements, and prints out copies of the patients’
prescriptions. Using the automatic refractor and the rotary
instrument stand, objective refractions on petitioner’s patients
took about 10 to 15 seconds.
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