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legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-102/section-7601.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "15 U.S.C. § 7601"
+description: "Availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 15
+title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
+chapter_number: "102"
+chapter_name: "FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS"
+section: "7601"
+citation: "15 U.S.C. § 7601"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s7601"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 15 U.S.C. § 7601 - Availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general When a prescriber completes a contact lens fitting, the prescriber—
+
+(1) whether or not requested by the patient, shall provide to the patient a copy of the contact lens prescription; and
+
+(2) shall, as directed by any person designated to act on behalf of the patient, provide or verify the contact lens prescription by electronic or other means.
+
+(b) Limitations A prescriber may not—
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+(1) require purchase of contact lenses from the prescriber or from another person as a condition of providing a copy of a prescription under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or verification of a prescription under subsection (a)(2);
+
+(2) require payment in addition to, or as part of, the fee for an eye examination, fitting, and evaluation as a condition of providing a copy of a prescription under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or verification of a prescription under subsection (a)(2); or
+
+(3) require the patient to sign a waiver or release as a condition of verifying or releasing a prescription.
+
+(Pub. L. 108–164, § 2, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DatePub. L. 108–164, § 12, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2028, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note below] shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 6, 2003].”
+
+Short TitlePub. L. 108–164, § 1, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note above] may be cited as the ‘Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act’.”