# Contact Lens Rule
> **US Federal Trade Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2020-08-17 · Effective 2020-10-16 · 85 FR 50668
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-14206
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Federal Trade Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 50668
- **CFR reference:** 16 CFR 315
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/17/2020-14206/contact-lens-rule)
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