Mississippi Senate Bill 2761 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 73-19-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Optometry To Define The Practice Of Optometry; To Provide For The Diseases And Conditions That Optometrists Are Authorized To Examine, Diagnose And Manage; To Provide That An Optometrist May Utilize Local Anesthesia In The Performance Of Certain Procedures; To Provide That No Optometrist Shall Perform Cataract Surgery Or Any Other Surgery That Requires General Anesthesia; To Provide That An Optometrist May Perform Laser Capsulotomies If He Has Been Certified By The Board Of Optometry To Perform Optometric Laser Procedures; To Amend Section 73-19-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Allows Optometrists To Use Pharmaceutical Agents In Their Practice; To Amend Section 73-19-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Optometrists The Authority To Use And Prescribe Certain Pharmaceutical Medications; And For Related Purposes.

Practice of optometry; require the State Board of Optometry to define with certain exceptions.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
73	19	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
73	19	157	Amended Code	See Bill Text
73	19	27	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2761.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2761IN.htm