VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2004 SESSION

• | print version

HB 856 Optometry; practice and licensure.

Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Practice of optometry. Revises the requirements for the practice and licensure of optometrists by requiring that, after June 30, 2004, every person initially licensed to practice optometry must meet the qualifications for a Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agent (TPA)-certified optometrist, i.e., be trained to prescribed therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for treatment of diseases of the human eye and its adnexa. The bill expands the prescriptive authority of TPA-certified optometrists to include the prescribing and administering of Schedule III through VI controlled substances and devices to treat diseases of the human eye and its adnexa, within the scope of practice of optometry and as determined by the Board. Present law limits TPA-certified optometrists' prescriptive authority to Schedule III and Schedule VI. The Board of Optometry is required, pursuant to an enactment clause, to promulgate emergency regulations, i.e., within 280 days of the bill's enactment.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047586366  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/04  House: Committee substitute printed 043465366-H1  pdf
• 02/26/04  Senate: Committee substitute printed 044088366-S1  pdf
• 03/22/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB856ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/21/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047586366
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/28/04  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 01/29/04  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (18-Y 3-N)
• 01/29/04  House: Committee substitute printed 043465366-H1
• 01/30/04  House: Read first time
• 02/02/04  House: Read second time
• 02/02/04  House: Committee substitute agreed to 043465366-H1
• 02/02/04  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB856H1
• 02/03/04  House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 4-N)
• 02/03/04  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 4-N)
• 02/03/04  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/04/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/26/04  Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/04  Senate: Committee substitute printed 044088366-S1
• 02/27/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/04  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/01/04  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 044088366-S1
• 03/01/04  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB856S1
• 03/01/04  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39- Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/04  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/03/04  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/04/04  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/05/04  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/08/04  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 2-N)
• 03/08/04  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 2-N)
• 03/22/04  House: Enrolled
• 03/22/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB856ER)
• 03/24/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/24/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/12/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 744 (effective - see bill)
• 04/21/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)