Malpractice and Contact Lens Practice; A Common Thread in Malpractice Cases; Product Liability; Informed Consent; Contributory Negligence; Abandonment; Failure to Diagnose; Fitting Minors; Fitting Contact Lens Patients with Only One Useful Eye; Mailing Lenses to Patients; Replacing Lenses for Patients Not Seen in a While; Replacing Lenses and Guaranteeing Sterility; How to Take a History When a Patient Returns with a Problem; Records; Referrals to Other Practitioners; Payment of Your Bill; Your Patient as a Claimant; Release of Information; Patients' Request for Their Contact Lens Prescription; Breach of Contract; Protect Yourself by Defensive Practice; Ending the Doctor-Patient Relationship; Extended-Wear and Disposable Lenses; Malpractice and Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents; Checklist: Maxims; How to Get Started; Appendices