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2005 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Health Professions

Martin, Lambert, Lucas, Mims

Date of Meeting: February 2, 2005
Time and Place: 10:30 am, 3rd Floor West, GAB

S.B. 829 Optometrists; treatment of narrow angle glaucoma.

Patron: Mims

Health; treatment of narrow angle glaucoma.  Provides that treatment of narrow angle glaucoma by optometrists must include timely referral to an ophthalmologist for consideration of preventive invasive procedures. The bill also includes definitions of "narrow angle glaucoma" and "adnexa" and prohibits treatment by optometrists of the paranasal sinuses, eyebrows, the brain, the oropharyngeal cavity, and certain systemic disease processes including hypertension, diabetes, and collagen vascular diseases.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3200 and 54.1-3222 of the Code of Virginia, relating to treatment for narrow angle glaucoma.

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