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  • Title: The United States Food and Drug Administration and the practice of optometry.
    Author: Lowther GE.
    Journal: J Am Optom Assoc; 1979 May; 50(5):579-82. PubMed ID: 379116.
    Abstract:
    In the past decade the United States Food and Drug Administration has become increasingly involved with the regulation of materials used in the practice of optometry. It is the purpose of this paper to help the practitioner understand the FDA involvement, historically and legally, organization, how one can have input into the process, the procedures for testing and approving new drugs and devices, their regulation and the advantages and disadvantages of such control.
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