Bill Text: IA SSB1032 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to injectable authority for optometrists.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-02-15 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SSB1032 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SSB1032-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1032
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SEGEBART)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
injectable
authority
for
optometrists.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
154.1,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
An
optometrist
licensed
under
this
chapter
may
employ
3
all
diagnostic
and
therapeutic
pharmaceutical
agents
for
4
the
purpose
of
diagnosis
and
treatment
of
conditions
of
the
5
human
eye
and
adnexa
pursuant
to
this
subsection
,
excluding
6
the
use
of
retrobulbar
injections
or
injections
other
than
7
to
counteract
an
anaphylactic
reaction
which
penetrate
the
8
globe
,
and
notwithstanding
section
147.107
,
may
without
9
charge
supply
any
of
the
above
pharmaceuticals
to
commence
a
10
course
of
therapy.
A
licensed
optometrist
may
perform
minor
11
surgical
procedures
and
use
medications
for
the
diagnosis
and
12
treatment
of
diseases,
disorders,
and
conditions
of
the
eye
and
13
adnexa.
A
license
to
practice
optometry
under
this
chapter
14
does
not
authorize
the
performance
of
surgical
procedures
which
15
require
the
use
of
injectable
or
general
anesthesia,
moderate
16
sedation,
penetration
of
the
globe,
or
the
use
of
ophthalmic
17
lasers
for
the
purpose
of
ophthalmic
surgery
within
or
upon
18
the
globe.
The
removal
of
pterygia
and
Salzmann’s
nodules,
19
incisional
corneal
refractive
surgery,
and
strabismus
surgery
20
are
prohibited.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
makes
changes
to
the
types
of
actions
which
may
25
be
performed
by
an
optometrist.
Previously,
an
optometrist
26
could
not
use
injections
other
than
to
counteract
an
27
anaphylactic
reaction.
Under
the
bill,
an
optometrist
cannot
28
use
retrobulbar
injections
or
injections
which
penetrate
the
29
globe.
The
bill
also
removes
a
prohibition
on
the
performance
30
of
surgical
procedures
which
require
the
use
of
injectable
31
anesthesia
by
licensed
optometrists.
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