Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 102 — Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers
§ 7602. Immediate payment of fees in limited circumstances
Statutory text
A prescriber may require payment of fees for an eye examination, fitting, and evaluation before the release of a contact lens prescription, but only if the prescriber requires immediate payment in the case of an examination that reveals no requirement for ophthalmic goods. For purposes of the preceding sentence, presentation of proof of insurance coverage for that service shall be deemed to be a payment.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act
Pub. L. 108–164 § 3 · 117 Stat. 2025
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 7602
(Pub. L. 108–164, § 3, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–164, § 3, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2024.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF FEES IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. A prescriber may require payment of fees for an eye examination, fitting, and evaluation before the release of a contact lens prescription, but only if the prescriber requires immediate payment in the case of an examination that reveals no requirement for ophthalmic goods. For purposes of the preceding sentence, presentation of proof of insurance coverage for that service shall be deemed to be a payment.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 60 days after , see section 12 of Pub. L. 108–164, set out as a note under section 7601 of this title.