Comments Submitted by the Pennsylvania Optometric Association for Consideration by the Federal Trade Commission on the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumer Act

By Urbanski, Carl.

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Title:	Comments Submitted by the Pennsylvania Optometric Association for Consideration by the Federal Trade Commission on the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumer Act
Author:	Urbanski, Carl.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Trade, Import and export controls, Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection, Federal Trade Commission
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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The Pennsylvania Optometric Association (POA) is the professional organization representing Doctors of Optometry and the optometric profession in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Weare submitting comments for the FTC' s review regarding the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumer Act. Optometrists in Pennsylvania have experienced many problems and frustrations regarding contact lens sellers, mainly I-800-CONTACTS. I-800-CONTACTS continues to be the largest mail order and internet contact lens seller. They have had a long history selling contact lenses to patients without valid prescriptions, even though they are aware that contact lenses are medical devices that require a prescription. We thought those problems would be solved after this legislation passed; however, we have found that the contact lens sellers are still circumventing the law and using deceptive business practices when verifying patients' contact lens prescriptions. As a result of these tactics used by contact lens sellers, patients are receiving inaccurate and expired prescriptions and are being misinformed by the seller. These practices raise many problematic issues, mainly the ocular safety of the patient. In addition, it is simply not possible to verify a prescription within the hour period in certain instances.