Since the late 1970s , eye doctor have been required by law to hand over your eyeglass presciption after an exam so that you can buy glasses wherever you wants it wasn't until early 2004 that they had to do the same with contact lens scrip,
Under the new law, a doctor can no longer require you to buy lenses from his office once the exam and fitting stage is complete. Char pagar an attorney with the federal trade comission points out that a contact lens prescription still isn't ready for release after an initial exam the way glasses are, but often requires one follow up to ensure that the proposed lenses are right for you, however, "once the doctor is willing to sell you the lenses, pagar says, 'that fiting is complete.'
But not all doctors are readily handing over the scripts, some, shrum says, 'will lead patients into the dispensing place and hand ( the prescription ) to a person working there. If your doctor balks at giving you your script, first remind him of the law , if you still meet with resistance you can file a complaint at www.ftc.gov , In october 2004 the FTC sent warning latters to 25 lens prescribers and sellers who were allegedly violating the rule
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