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Contact Lens Rule

FTC · final-rule · Published 2020-08-17 · Effective 2020-10-16 · 85 FR 50668

Document

Document number
2020-14206
Federal Register citation
85 FR 50668
CFR reference
16 CFR 315
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
final-rule
Agency
US Federal Trade Commission
Publication date
2020-08-17
Effective date
2020-10-16

Abstract

The FTC is publishing a final rule to implement amendments to the Contact Lens Rule. These amendments require that prescribing eye care practitioners obtain a confirmation of prescription release from patients after releasing a contact lens prescription and maintain each such acknowledgment for a period of not less than three years. The Commission is permitting prescribers to comply with automatic prescription release via electronic delivery in certain circumstances. Further, these amendments specify a time period for prescribers to respond to requests for prescriptions; clarify and institute additional requirements for automated telephone verification messages; more precisely delineate what constitutes unlawful alteration of a prescription; and require that sellers provide a method for, and notice of the method for, patient prescription presentation.

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