Your Rx and Your Rights
How to understand your prescription and your rights as a contact lens wearer.
- In this guide to vision correction, we explain different types of lenses, types of eye doctors, and your options for vision correction.
- The FCLCA, or Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, gives contact lens wearers the right to their own prescriptions. This is how the law came about.
- Know your rights if the doctor refuses your request for a contact lens prescription. Doctors are required by law to give it to you.
- Regular eye exams are essential to detect early signs of eye disease. Here's what to expect when you visit a doctor to get your own eye exam.
- Has your doctor charged you for your contact lens prescription? That is against the law, according to the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumer Act.
- Learn why regular eye exams are important and the difference between ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians.