The DOJ, FTC action reflects a sustained, years-long effort by the AOA, state associations and doctors nationwide to gather and report on threats posed by unscrupulous contact lens sellers. Read More at AOA.org…
Help advocate for the new Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act S. 4613 by encouraging our US Senators to Co-Sponsor the Bill. This new bill would eliminate automated prescription verification calls or "robocalls" and would remove the paperwork mandate for contact lens prescriptions and would just require a sign posted visible…
Tell Your U.S. Senators Bennet-Barrasso Physician Aid Bill MUST be Included in COVID-19 Relief Package - Vote Today!With leading U.S. senators now deciding which provisions will ultimately make it into the COVID-19 emergency relief package Congress is scheduled to vote on later today, the AOA is urging…
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 Dear Colleague, I need your help this month. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing regulation that will negatively impact all of us who prescribe contact lenses. Now is the period of public comment, and the FTC has provided an easy…
Proposed Contact Lens Rule revisions add new prescription requirements that the AOA believes are imbalanced and do little to address patient safety concerns, prompting a call to action for doctors' comments. Posted in the Federal Register Nov. 10, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) notice of proposed rule making introduced a…
VMail Extra (11/4) reported that the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) announced in a statement that it will no longer use the full social security numbers of “students taking optometric board exams following an optometry-wide data breach earlier this year” and will instead use an “OE Tracker…
