COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Technology that has been in existence for years can save hundreds of millions of Americans from a trip to the eye doctor’s office when they need prescription glasses or contact lenses.

Health data shows that around two-thirds of all people in the United States wear some type of corrective prescription lens.

But that technology is banned in South Carolina, despite having approval from the FDA and being allowed in nearly three dozen other states.

A nearly-decade-old state law prevents people in South Carolina from taking an eye exam online to receive a prescription for contact lenses or glasses.

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