Whitfield Introduces Bill to Protect Contact Lens Customers

U.S. Newswire, September, 2006

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Citing the need for stronger consumer safeguards on contact lens sales, U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield on Tuesday introduced the Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act, a bill to protect consumers who buy contact lenses from third-party vendors.

In 2003, the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (FCLCA) was signed into law, allowing consumers greater access to their prescription records so they can more easily purchase contact lenses from third-party vendors. Under the law, a third-party vendor must confirm the validity of a prescription with the ...