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OOB Guidelines
Sale of contact lenses online
The sale of contact lenses online is a unsafe practice and is against the guidelines set by the local authorities.
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Online sale of prescription glasses
a) The prescription for online sale of spectacles shall be restricted to the following:
- Consumers aged 16 years old and above without any organic eye disease or systemic medical condition that will affect vision; and
- Spectacle for single vision use, with power up to +6.00-6.00/-2.00DC (i.e no prism, curve lenses, progressive lenses, bifocal lenses or free-form single vision lens).
b) The prescription for online sale of spectacles shall contain the following information in order to be considered a valid prescription:
- Details of consumer including full name, date-of-birth and unique identification number (e.g. NRIC number)
- Date of eye examinations done
- Issue date and expiration date of the prescription (not more than 2 years)
- Name, work and/or contact address and contact number of the prescriber;
- Refractive error of the consumer (indicate spherical and cylindrical readings)
- Inter-pupillary distance reading
- Back vertex distance (if applicable)
- Material/design of spectacle frame (if applicable)
- Written assessment that the consumer does not have any existing organic eye disease or systemic medical condition that will affect vision
- Statement of advice acknowledged by the consumer to undergo eye checks if the spectacles causes discomfort