Optometry
Summary
Optometry; Revising the member composition requirements for the Board of Optometry; revising circumstances under which a certified optometrist may administer or prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents; requiring the board to adopt a negative formulary of ocular pharmaceutical agents certified optometrists are prohibited from administering or prescribing; authorizing certain certified optometrists to perform laser and non-laser ophthalmic procedures and therapies under certain circumstances; requiring the board to determine the required content, grading criteria, and passing score for the licensure examination for certified optometrists; authorizing certified optometrists to remove superficial foreign bodies, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
upper
Mar 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/10/21, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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