Contact Lens Rule

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Trade Commission 16 CFR Part 315 RIN 3084-AB36 AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The FTC is publishing a final rule to implement amendments to the Contact Lens Rule. These amendments require that prescribing eye care practitioners obtain a confirmation of prescription release from patients after releasing a contact lens prescription and maintain each such acknowledgment for a period of not less than three years. The Commission is permitting prescribers to comply with automatic prescription release via electronic delivery in certain circumstances. Further, these amendments specify a time period for prescribers to respond to requests for prescriptions; clarify and institute additional requirements for automated telephone verification messages; more precisely delineate what constitutes unlawful alteration of a prescription; and require that sellers provide a method for, and notice of the method for, patient prescription presentation. DATES: This rule is effective October 16, 2020. ADDRESSES: Relevant portions of the record of this proceeding, including this document, are available at https://www.ftc.gov . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alysa Bernstein (202-326-3289), abernstein@ftc.gov , Paul Spelman (202-326-2487), pspelman@ftc.gov , or Andrew Wone (202-326-2934), awone@ftc.gov , Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580. SUPPLEM…