Bill Text: MN HF487 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Optometry definition modified.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-14 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform [HF487 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF487-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; modifying the definition of optometry;amending Minnesota
1.3Statutes 2010, section 148.56, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.7optometry within the meaning of sections148.52 to
148.62 who shall in any way:
1.8(1) advertise as an optometrist; or
1.9(2) employ any means for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation
1.10of lenses or prisms for the aid thereof; or
1.11(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of
1.12vision; or
1.13(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular
1.14anomaly of the human eye or visual system; or
1.15(5) prescribe lenses, prisms, or the use of any scientific instruments in connection
1.16with ocular exercises, orthoptics, visual training, vision training, vision therapy, or
1.17habilitative/rehabilitative therapeutic vision care to train the visual system for the
1.18correction or improvement of, or the reliefof same to, the visual function; or
1.19(6) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
1.20prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality
1.21of the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges
1.22of optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of
1.23Optometry, or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
1.24(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.1(1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.2except for treatment of anaphylaxis;
2.3(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
2.4(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or
2.5prescribed;
2.6(4) oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or
2.7(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more
2.8than seven days.
1.3Statutes 2010, section 148.56, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.7optometry within the meaning of sections
1.8(1) advertise as an optometrist; or
1.9(2) employ any means for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation
1.10of lenses or prisms for the aid thereof; or
1.11(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of
1.12vision; or
1.13(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular
1.14anomaly of the human eye or visual system; or
1.15(5) prescribe lenses, prisms, or the use of any scientific instruments in connection
1.16with ocular exercises, orthoptics, visual training, vision training, vision therapy, or
1.17habilitative/rehabilitative therapeutic vision care to train the visual system for the
1.18correction or improvement of, or the relief
1.19(6) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
1.20prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality
1.21of the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges
1.22of optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of
1.23Optometry, or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
1.24(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.1(1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.2except for treatment of anaphylaxis;
2.3(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
2.4(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or
2.5prescribed;
2.6(4) oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or
2.7(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more
2.8than seven days.
