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title: "15 U.S.C. § 7605"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 7605 - Content of advertisements and other representations

## Text

Any person that engages in the manufacture, processing, assembly, sale, offering for sale, or distribution of contact lenses may not represent, by advertisement, sales presentation, or otherwise, that contact lenses may be obtained without a prescription.

(Pub. L. 108–164, § 6, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2026.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective 60 days after Dec. 6, 2003, see section 12 of Pub. L. 108–164, set out as a note under section 7601 of this title.