Massengale v. Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry

KAUGER, J.;

11 Certiorari was granted to ad dress two issues: 1 1) whether an agreement to allow LensCrafters to negotiate third-party provider contracts 2 constitutes a prohibited referral agreement under 59 0.S.1991 § 595 3 or OAC 505:10-5-4; 4 and 2) whether the appellant's, Curt Massengale (Massen-gale/optometrist), relationship with the optical supplier, LensCrafters, has degraded or reduced the quality of visual care in violation of 59 0.S.1991 § 598. 5 We determine that an optometrist's agreement to allow an optical supplier to negotiate a third-party provider agreement, not intended to…