[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-26931]
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[Federal Register: October 31, 1994]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3531]
Certain Home Oxygen Pulmonologists, et al.; Prohibited Trade
Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Consent Order.
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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this
consent order prohibits, among other things, four physicians who are
partners in the Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment Co., a California
supplier of oxygen systems prescribed for home use, from acquiring or
granting, for ten years, an ownership interest in a firm that sells or
leases oxygen systems in the relevant geographic market, if more than
25 percent of the pulmonologists in that market would be affiliated
with the firm, and requires the respondents to notify the Commission if
they acquire more than one percent of a firm that sells or leases
oxygen systems anywhere.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued September 14, 1994.\1\
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\1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and
statements from Commissioners Azcuenaga and Starek are available
from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Badger or Kerry O'Brien, San Francisco Regional Office, Federal
Trade Commission, 901 Market St., Suite 570, San Francisco, CA. 94103.
(415) 744-7920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, November 17, 1993, there was
published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 60653, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Certain Home Oxygen
Pulmonologists, et al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment.
Interested parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit
comments, suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the
order.
A comment was filed and considered by the Commission. The
Commission has ordered the issuance of the complaint in the form
contemplated by the agreement, made its jurisdictional findings and
entered an order to cease and desist in disposition of this proceeding.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5,
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-26931 Filed 10-28-94; 8:45 am]
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