H.R. 2012 · 110th Congress
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act
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Mollohan5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require the seller to provide the prescriber with a toll-free telephone number and email address for questions relating to a contact lens prescription verification request.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 24, 2007
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require the seller to provide the prescriber with a toll-free telephone number and email address for questions relating to a contact lens prescription verification request.
Revises the verification event in which a prescription is verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours, or a similar time as defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after receiving required patient and prescription information from the seller to provide that, if a prescriber communicates a question or concern to a seller through such toll-free telephone service or dedicated email address before such eight-hour period has ended, the seller must obtain affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber before the prescription is considered verified.
Authorizes a prescriber to make a written request to a seller that all contact lens prescription verification requests be communicated by a preferred method of communication, including telephone, facsimile, or email.
Prohibits any seller of contact lenses from overfilling a prescription.
Authorizes fines for violations of this Act in amount up to $100,000 per violation.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act
Latest action (Apr 25, 2007): Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 24, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.