STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 1052	By:	Johnson (Rob)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to optometry; amending 59 O.S. 2011, Section 582, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 65, O.S.L. 2012 (59 O.S. Supp. 2012, Section 582), which relates to the Board of Examiners in Optometry; modifying language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 582, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 65, O.S.L. 2012 (59 O.S. Supp. 2012, Section 582), is amended to read as follows:
Section 582.  There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2016, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Board of Examiners in Optometry.  This The Board shall consist of five (5) persons, four of whom shall possess sufficient knowledge of theoretical and practical optics to practice optometry, be duly licensed as optometrists, and who shall have been residents of this state while actually engaged in the practice of optometry for at least five (5) years.  The term of each licensed optometrist member of the Board, one being appointed each year, shall be five (5) years, or until a qualified successor is appointed.  The lay member of the Board shall serve a term coterminous with that of the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a member of the Board of Examiners in Optometry at the expiration of any term or whenever, for any reason, a vacancy may occur on said the Board.  Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

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