Federal Trade Commission July 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Ophthalmic Practice Rules (Eyeglass Rule)
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is publishing a final rule to implement amendments to the Ophthalmic Practice Rules ("Eyeglass Rule" or "Rule"). These amendments require that prescribing eye care practitioners obtain a signed confirmation after releasing an eyeglass prescription to a patient and maintain each such confirmation for a period of not less than three years. The Commission is permitting prescribers to comply with automatic prescription release via electronic delivery if they first obtain verifiable affirmative consent from the patient and maintain a record of such consent for a period of not less than three years. The amendments further clarify that the presentation of proof of insurance coverage shall be deemed to be a payment for the purpose of determining when a prescription must be provided. Finally, the Commission amends the term "eye examination" to "refractive eye examination" throughout the Rule.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") has clearance from the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") to send information requests, pursuant to compulsory process, to a combined ten or more of the largest cigarette manufacturers and smokeless tobacco manufacturers. The information sought includes, among other things, data on the manufacturers' annual sales and marketing expenditures for cigarettes, smokeless tobacco products, and electronic devices used to heat non-combusted cigarettes, and sales of tobacco-free nicotine lozenges and pouches. The current OMB clearance for this information collection expires on August 31, 2024. Accordingly, the Commission is providing this second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB approval to renew the pre-existing clearance and to modify the existing clearance to allow for the collection of additional information concerning annual marketing expenditures for tobacco-free nicotine lozenges and pouches by smokeless tobacco manufacturers or related companies.
Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") announces revised monetary thresholds for three exemptions from the Franchise Rule. The FTC is required to adjust the size of the monetary thresholds every fourth year based upon changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U") published by the Department of Labor.
Petition for Rulemaking of The National HBPA, Inc.
Please take notice that the Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") received a petition for rulemaking from The National HBPA, Inc. and has published that petition online. The Commission invites written comments concerning the petition. Publication of this petition is pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure and does not affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.
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