Policy:
Glasses are medically necessary to prevent permanent visual loss due to a number of eye conditions in children.  These conditions include strabismus, amblyopia, aphakia, pseudophakia, congenital ocular anomalies, neurologic disorders, medication side effects and for protection in cases where the child has only one well functioning eye.

Approved by:  American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Board of Directors: March 2002
American Academy of Ophthalmology Board of Trustees: April 2002 
  
Reaffirmed by:  American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Board of Directors: May 2007
American Academy of Ophthalmology Board of Trustees: May 2007