All Other Health and Personal Care Retailers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines of health and personal care merchandise (except drugs, medicines, cosmetics, beauty supplies, perfumes, optical goods, and food supplement products). Illustrative Examples: Convalescent supply retailers Sick room supply retailers Hearing aid retailers Wheelchair retailers

Retailing vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements--are classified in U.S. Industry 456191, Food (Health) Supplement Retailers; Retailing prescription and nonprescription drugs and medicines--are classified in Industry 456110, Pharmacies and Drug Retailers; Retailing cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfumes--are classified in Industry 456120, Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers; Retailing eyeglasses and contact lenses (except offices of optometrists and ophthalmologists)--are classified in Industry 456130, Optical Goods Retailers; The independent private or group practice of optometry or ophthalmology, with or without the sale of glasses and contact lenses--are classified in Subsector 621, Ambulatory Health Care Services; The independent private or group practice of orthotics or prosthetics, with or without the sale of orthopedic and prosthetic appliances--are classified in U.S. Industry 621399, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners; The independent private or group practice of audiology, with or without the sale of hearing aid devices--are classified in Industry 621340, Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists; Selling hearing aid devices made on the premises--are classified in U.S. Industry 334510, Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing; Retailing orthopedic shoes--are classified in Industry 458210, Shoe Retailers; Selling orthopedic and prosthetic appliances made on the premises--are classified in U.S. Industry 339113, Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing; and Renting home health furniture and equipment--are classified in U.S. Industry 532283, Home Health Equipment Rental.