Section 140.418  Department of Corrections Laboratory

All lenses, frames and frame parts shall be obtained from the Department of Corrections (DOC) laboratory.  DOC shall not engage in "office" services, such as examinations or dispensing of eyeglasses to recipients, but shall be the State's laboratory for fabrication of eyeglasses.  Individual optical suppliers shall continue to provide examinations, frame repairs, contact lenses, artificial eyes and low vision devices, as well as dispensing of eyeglasses obtained from the DOC laboratory.  Payment for fabrication of eyeglasses shall be made by the Department of Public Aid directly to the Department of Corrections.

(Source:  Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 6665, effective May 11, 2001)