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title: "15 U.S.C. § 7606"
description: "Prohibition of certain waivers"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
chapter_number: "102"
chapter_name: "FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS"
section: "7606"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 7606"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 7606 - Prohibition of certain waivers

## Text

A prescriber may not place on the prescription, or require the patient to sign, or deliver to the patient a form or notice waiving or disclaiming the liability or responsibility of the prescriber for the accuracy of the eye examination. The preceding sentence does not impose liability on a prescriber for the ophthalmic goods and services dispensed by another seller pursuant to the prescriber’s correctly verified prescription.

(Pub. L. 108–164, § 7, 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.