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AZ HB2158

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/5/2016

Primary Sponsor

Heather Carter

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 32-1771 to require all contact lens sales and prescriptions in Arizona to conform to the federal Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (15 U.S.C. § 7601-7610).

  • Designates contact lenses used to determine a prescription as diagnostic lenses and requires prescribing optometrists to provide a prescription for contact lenses at no cost after the diagnostic and trial period is complete and the patient is released from immediate follow-up care.

  • Requires that contact lenses may only be sold or dispensed pursuant to a prescription order that conforms to state and federal regulations.

Legislative Description

Dispensing contact lenses; technical correction

Last Action

Introduced in House and read first time

5/5/2016

Full Bill Text

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