2011 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 102 - FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS (§§ 7601 - 7610)
Section 7601 - Availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 102 - FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS Sec. 7601 - Availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients |
Contains | section 7601 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-164, §2, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024. |
Statutes at Large References | 117 Stat. 2024, 2028 |
Public Law References | Public Law 108-164 |
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When a prescriber completes a contact lens fitting, the prescriber—
(1) whether or not requested by the patient, shall provide to the patient a copy of the contact lens prescription; and
(2) shall, as directed by any person designated to act on behalf of the patient, provide or verify the contact lens prescription by electronic or other means.
(b) LimitationsA prescriber may not—
(1) require purchase of contact lenses from the prescriber or from another person as a condition of providing a copy of a prescription under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or verification of a prescription under subsection (a)(2);
(2) require payment in addition to, or as part of, the fee for an eye examination, fitting, and evaluation as a condition of providing a copy of a prescription under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or verification of a prescription under subsection (a)(2); or
(3) require the patient to sign a waiver or release as a condition of verifying or releasing a prescription.
(Pub. L. 108–164, §2, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024.)
Effective DatePub. L. 108–164, §12, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2028, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note below] shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 6, 2003].”
Short TitlePub. L. 108–164, §1, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note above] may be cited as the ‘Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act’.”
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