Optometry Regulation
Enforcement Actions
- For Your Information: September 14, 2007
FTC Warns Ten Contact Lens Prescribers to Provide Patients with Prescriptions
Federal Trade Commission staff sent ten warning letters to prescribers of contact lenses for allegedly failing to release prescription information to their patients, requiring their patients to purchase contact lenses from them, or imposing additional fees on their patients before releasing the prescriptions
- For Release: July 30, 2007
FTC Charges Puerto Rico Optometrists’ Group, Two of its Leaders, With Orchestrating Price-Fixing Conspiracy
Consent Order Bars Group’s Doctors from Jointly Negotiating Prices or Terms of Service
- For Release: August 7, 2006
FTC Alleges Illegal Internet Sales of Contact Lenses
Web Sites Did Not Verify Prescriptions
- For Your Information: June 30, 2006
FTC Staff Sends Warning Letters to Marketers of Cosmetic Contact Lenses
The Federal Trade Commission staff took action earlier this week to increase compliance with the Contact Lens Rule by sellers of non-corrective, decorative/cosmetic contact lenses.
- For Release: February 19, 1998
FTC Alleges a Second Company Made False and Deceptive Claims for Eye Care Treatment
Non-Surgical Procedure Does Not Correct Bad Vision
- For Release: August 21, 1997
Eye Care Treatment Ads Are False And Deceptive, Says FTC Non-Surgical Procedure Does Not Cure Bad Vision
Non-Surgical Procedure Does Not Cure Bad Vision
- For Your Information: July 20, 1995
FTC Denies Petition to Revise "Eyeglasses Prescription Release Rule"...
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has denied a petition to revise its "Eyeglasses Prescription Release Rule," which requires eye doctors to give patients a copy of their prescription for glasses, to also require the release of contact lens prescriptions to patients.
- For Release: June 21, 1988
FTC Upholds Charges that Massachusetts Board Illegally Banned Truthful Advertising by Optometrists; Issues Order Prohibiting Challenged Proactices
The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has ruled
that the Massachusetts optometry board restrained competition by
illegally restricting truthful advertising.
