Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002
Last action on Jun 26, 2002Star Print ordered on the bill.
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Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002 - Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate a rule on ophthalmic practice that requires a contact lens prescriber to provide the patient (or, upon request, the patient's agent) a copy of the contact lens prescription. Sets forth guidelines for the rule pertaining to expiration dates for contact lenses.
Directs the FTC to promulgate a rule to make it an unfair trade practice for a contact lenses industry member to: (1) publish any advertisement or sales presentation relating to contact lenses that represents that they may be obtained without a valid prescription; or (2) sell contact lenses to a consumer or agent of a consumer unless the seller obtains a copy of an unexpired prescription or verifies the prescription by notifying the prescriber of the intended sale.
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