Subject: Protect Your Rights as a Contact Lens Wearer

By Federal Trade Commission

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Title:	Subject: Protect Your Rights as a Contact Lens Wearer
Author:	Federal Trade Commission
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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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Dear Rendy Lynn Last year, Congress passed the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act of 2003. It says once your contact lens fitting is done, your eye doctor must give you a copy of your own prescription - whether you ask for it or not. If he or she doesn t provide you your prescription, it is now a violation of Federal law. Your eye doctor can not charge you for a copy of your prescription. He or she can not make you sign a waiver. He or she can not make you buy lenses as a condition of receiving your prescription. You have no obligation to buy your contact lenses from your eye doctor. Will you actually get these rights? That depends. Unfortunately, some eye doctors are lobbying the Federal Trade Commission to limit your rights by making it less convenient for you to buy new lenses. Eyeglass wearers have had a right to copies of their prescriptions for years. Today, it is easy and convenient to buy eyeglasses. As a contact lens wearer, you deserve the same rights, and this new law will give them to you - if the Federal Trade Commission hears from consumers like you.