Template for Contact Lens and Eyeglass Rule
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FTC Announces Final Amendments to the Agency’s Contact Lens Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the approval of a final rule amending the agency’s Contact Lens Rule, which facilitates shopping for contact lenses by requiring prescribers to...
Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Concerning the Contact Lens Rule
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Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner
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Federal Register Notice
Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request (Contact Lens Rule)
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Federal Register Notice
16 CFR Part 315: Contact Lens Rule; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comment
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FTC Seeks Additional Public Comment on Proposed Changes to the Contact Lens Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is seeking additional public comment about newly proposed changes to the agency’s Contact Lens Rule. The new proposal follows an extensive review and...
Online Seller to Pay $60,000 Penalty for Violating the Contact Lens Rule
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A California-based online seller of non-corrective, decorative contact lenses will pay a $60,000 penalty and be banned from all contact lens sales, under an order settling Federal Trade Commission...
FTC Posts Agenda for March 7 Workshop Examining the Contact Lens Marketplace and Proposed Changes to the Commission’s Contact Lens Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission today posted the agenda for its upcoming workshop on the contact lens marketplace and proposed changes to the agency’s Contact Lens Rule. The event is on Wednesday, March...
Federal Register Notice
16 CFR Part 315: Contact Lens Rule; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comment
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FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to Contact Lens Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Contact Lens Rule , as well as several other issues related to the Rule. The Rule, in place since August 2004...
FTC Warns 15 Marketers of Cosmetic Contact Lenses
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On October 12, Federal Trade Commission staff sent warning letters to 15 sellers of non-corrective, cosmetic contact lenses who appeared to be providing contact lenses to consumers without valid...
FTC Issues Study on Competition in Contact Lens Market
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The Federal Trade Commission has released a study on the strength of competition in the sale of prescription contact lenses. Congress required the study under the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers...
Report
The Strength of Competition in the Sale of Rx Contact Lenses: An FTC Study
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Contact Lens Rule
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The Contact Lens Rule contains two key requirements. The first requirement is that contact lens prescribers (i.e., optometrists and ophthalmologists) must provide patients with a copy of their contact...
FTC: E-commerce Increases Choice and Convenience for Contact Lens Wearers
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The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report concluding that e-commerce offers consumers greater choices and more convenience in the contact lens market. This staff report is part of a...
Business Blog
Contact lens prescription renewals: Prescribers still need to release that Rx
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Your patient calls you panicked because she’s on her last pair of contact lenses. Perhaps due to COVID-19, she isn’t able to (or doesn’t want to) come into the office. You may determine, in your...
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