KRS 367.687: Registration of nonresident contact lens sellers with Attorney General.

The Attorney General shall require and provide for the annual registration of all contact

lens sellers located outside of the Commonwealth that dispense contact lenses to

Kentucky residents, including those providing contact lenses via the Internet. A cont act

lens seller's registration shall be granted upon the disclosure and certification by the seller

of all of the following:

(1) The seller is licensed or registered to distribute contact lenses in the state in which

the dispensing facility is located and from which the contact lenses are dispensed;

(2) The location, names, and titles of all owners, partners, corporate officers, and the

person who is responsible for overseeing the dispensing of contact lenses to

residents of this state;

(3) The seller has complied with and shall continue to comply with all lawful directives

and appropriate requests for information from the appropriate agency of each state

in which the seller is licensed or registered;

(4) The seller shall respond to all requests for informat ion from the Attorney General

within thirty (30) days from receipt of the request;

(5) The seller shall maintain records of contact lenses dispensed to residents of this

state for a period of ten (10) years, and that the records shall be readily available for

inspection by the Attorney General upon demand;

(6) The seller shall provide a toll -free telephone service during its regular hours of

operation for the sole purpose of responding to the patients in this state concerning

questions and complaints. All q uestions relating to eye care shall be referred to the

doctor prescribing the contact lenses;

(7) The seller shall provide a toll -free telephone service during its regular hours of

operation solely for optometrists, osteopaths, and physicians.

(8) The sell er shall provide the following or a substantially equivalent written

notification to the patient whenever contact lenses are supplied: WARNING: IF

YOU ARE HAVING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS REMOVE

YOUR CONTACT LENSES IMMEDIATELY AND CONSULT YOUR EYE

CARE PRACTITIONER BEFORE WEARING YOUR LENSES AGAIN:

UNEXPLAINED EYE DISCOMFORT, WATERING, VISION CHANGE, OR

REDNESS; and

(9) The seller's license or registration, in the state in which the seller is licensed or

registered, has not been suspended or revoked, bu t should the seller be the subject

of any investigation undertaken by the licensing or registering state, or should the

seller's license or registration be suspended or revoked, then the seller shall

immediately notify the Attorney General of such actions.