[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-26939]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. No. C-3532]

 

Homecare Oxygen & Medical Equipment Company, 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, 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

    \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 & 
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Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 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 Homecare Oxygen & Medical 
Equipment Company, 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. 94-26939 Filed 10-28-94; 8:45 am]
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