Bill Summary

SB 876 Optometry (2021 Session)
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. Effective Date: 7/1/2021
01/27/21
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Filed
02/04/21
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Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
02/26/21
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On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 412 K
03/03/21
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Temporarily Postponed by Health Policy
03/05/21
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On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 03/10/21, 10:30 am, 412 K
03/10/21
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Favorable by Health Policy; 6 Yeas, 3 Nays
03/10/21
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Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
04/30/21
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Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
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Filed on 01/27/21
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