Prescribers Must Provide Patients with Their Prescriptions; Sellers Must Obtain or Verify Valid Prescriptions before Dispensing Lenses
Federal Trade Commission staff  has sent 45 letters to contact lens prescribers and 10 to contact lens sellers warning them of potential violations of the agency’s Contact Lens Rule, which is intended to facilitate the ability of consumers to comparison shop for contact lenses while ensuring that sales occur only in accordance with a valid prescription

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