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SB 511 Optometry; scope of practice.
Introduced by: David R. Suetterlein | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Optometry; scope of practice. Provides that the practice of optometry includes the evaluation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal or diseased conditions of the human eye and its adnexa by the use of medically recognized and appropriate devices, procedures, or technologies but that it does not include treatment through surgery, including laser surgery, other invasive modalities, or the use of injections, except for certain injections by TPA-certified optometrists and for the treatment of emergency cases of anaphylactic shock with intramuscular epinephrine. The bill authorizes a TPA-certified optometrist to administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents by injection for the treatment of chalazia by means of an injection of a steroid included in Schedule VI controlled substances, provided that the optometrist provides written evidence that he has completed certain training requirements to the Board of Optometry.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101601D pdf
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105985D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB511ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101601D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105985D-S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18105985D-S1
- 01/29/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB511S1
- 01/30/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/15/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Read second time
- 02/20/18 House: Read third time
- 02/20/18 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/20/18 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/18 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB511ER)
- 02/26/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- 03/02/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- 03/09/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/09/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)