S 2609
107th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Administrative procedure
Advertising
Contact lenses
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Optometry
Physicians
Restrictive trade practices
Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002
Introduced: June 11, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2002
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jun 11, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 11, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5370-5371)
Jun 11, 2002
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002 - Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate a rule on ophthalmic practice that requires a contact lens prescriber to provide the patient (or, upon request, the patient's agent) a copy of the contact lens prescription. Sets forth guidelines for the rule pertaining to expiration dates for contact lenses.
Directs the FTC to promulgate a rule to make it an unfair trade practice for a contact lenses industry member to: (1) publish any advertisement or sales presentation relating to contact lenses that represents that they may be obtained without a valid prescription; or (2) sell contact lenses to a consumer or agent of a consumer unless the seller obtains a copy of an unexpired prescription or verifies the prescription by notifying the prescriber of the intended sale.
What's happening now
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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