Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every licensed optometrist shall keep a record of examinations made and prescriptions issued and shall be retained in the office in which such professional service was rendered or in a secure offsite storage facility. Provides that all fines collected as a result of discipline by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund. Provides that a ground for disciplinary action shall include the discounting of professional services in conjunction with the sale of goods or other services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1028 [SB3538 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator John Millner [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Maggie Crotty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pamela Althoff [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Jacobs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Darin LaHood [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brandon Phelps [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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