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Superseded and modified by SN 99(12)

Addendum to Bulletin #27


Taxpayers' Information Service
June 22, 1987


Please add the following diabetic supplies and nonprescription eye medications to your current list of nonprescription drugs which are exempt from the Sales Tax:

VI. DIABETIC SUPPLIES

Diabetic supplies include the following but are not limited to:

A. Urine and Blood Glucose Test Products:

Chemstrip bG
Chemstrip G
Clinistix

 

Clinitest
Dextrostix
Diastix

 

Mega-Diastix
Stat Tek Test Strips

 

TesTape

B. Combination Urine Test Products:

Chemstrip 8
Chemstrip GK
Combistix
Ketodiastix
Labstix
Multistix
N-Multistix
Uristix

C. Urine Ketone Test Products:

Acetest Ketostix

D. Miscellaneous Products:

Dextrometer
Glucola
Glucometer
Monlets
Stat Tek Twin Beam Electric Photometer

VII. NONPERSCRIPTION EYE MEDICATIONS (This exemption is applicable to sales made on or after July 1, 1987.) Nonperscription eye medications include the following but are not limited to:

A. Ophthalmic Decongestant Products:

Adsorbonac
Clear Eyes
Collyrium Drops
Degest 2
Eye Cool
20/20 Eye Drops
Isopto-Frin
Murine
Murine Plus
Naphcon
Optogene III
Phenylzin
Prefrin Liquifilm
Prefrin Z
Soothe
Tear-efrin
Vaso Clear
Visine
Visine A.C.
Zincfrin

B. Artificial Tear Products:

Adsorbotear
Hypotears
Isopto Alkaline
Isopto Plain
Lacril
Liquifilm Forte
Liquifilm Tears
Lyteers
Milroy Artificial Tears
Murocel Ophthalmic
Muro Tears
Neo Tears
Tearisol
Tears Naturale
Tears Plus
Ultra Tears

C. Eyewash Products:

Blinx
Collyrium
Dacriose
Enuclene
Eye-Stream
Lauro Eye Wash
M/Rinse
Murine
Op-thal-zin
Trisol Eye Wash

D. Hard Contact Lens Products:

Adapettes
Adapt
All-In-One
Blink-N-Clean
Cleaning and Soaking Solution (Barnes-Hind)
Clean-N-Soak (Allergan)
Clens
Clerz
Contactisol
Contique Cleaning Solution
Contique Clean-Tabs
Contique Soaking Solution
Contique Soak-Tabs
Contique Wetting Solution
d-Film Gel
duo Flow
Gel Clean
hy-Flow
LC-65 (Allergan)
Lens Lubricant (Bausch & Lomb)
Lensine 5
Lensine Extra Strength Cleaner
Lens-Mate
Liquifilm Tears
Liquifilm Wetting Solution
One Solution
Ova-Nite
Pre-Sert
Soaclens
Soakare
Soquette
Titan
Total All-in-one Contact Lens Solution (Allergan)
Visalens Soaking/Cleaning
Visalens Wetting Solution
Wet-Cote
Wet-N-Soak
Wetting and Soaking Solution (Barnes-Hind)
Wetting Solution (Barnes-Hind)
Wetting Solution (Rexall)

E. Soft Contact Lens Product:

Adapettes
Adsorbonac
BoilnSoak
Cleaning & Disinfecting Solution (Allergan)
Clerz
Daily Cleaner (Bausch & Lomb)
Disinfecting Solution (Bausch & Lomb)
Flex-Care
Flexsol
Hydrocare
LC-65
Lens Lubricant (Bausch & Lomb)
Lensrins
Normol
Permasol
Pliagel
Preflex
Preserved Saline Solution (Bausch & Lomb)
Saline Solution (Allergan)
Salt Tablets (Blairex)
Soflens Tablets
Soft Care (Barnes-Hind)
Soft Mate Cleaning Solution
Soft Mate Disinfecting
Solution
Soft Mate Rinsing Solution
Soft Mate Thermal
Unisol
Unpreserved Saline Solution (Alcon Optics)

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT DRS.

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