Bill Text: OR HB3663 | 2010 | 1st Special Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to eye treatment for minors.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-23 - Chapter 91, (2010 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2011. [HB3663 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2010-HB3663-Introduced.html

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     75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 157

                         House Bill 3663

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE (at the request of the
  Oregon Optometric Physicians Association)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Allows minor 15 years of age or older to consent, without
consent of parent or guardian of minor, to diagnosis and
treatment by optometrist who is acting within scope of practice
for optometrist except when minor is obtaining contact lenses for
first time.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to eye treatment for minors; amending ORS 109.640 and
  109.650.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 109.640 is amended to read:
  109.640.  { + (1) + } Any physician or nurse practitioner may
provide birth control information and services to any person
without regard to the age of the person.
   { +  (2) + } A minor 15 years of age or older may give
consent { + , without the consent of a parent or guardian of the
minor, + } to { + :
  (a) + } Hospital care, medical or surgical diagnosis or
treatment by a physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board,
and dental or surgical diagnosis or treatment by a dentist
licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry,   { - without the
consent of a parent or guardian, - }  except as   { - may be - }
provided by ORS 109.660.
   { +  (b) + }   { - A minor 15 years of age or older may give
consent to - } Diagnosis and treatment by a nurse practitioner
who is licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS
678.375 and who is acting within the scope of practice for a
nurse practitioner  { - , without the consent of a parent or
guardian of the minor - } .
   { +  (c) Except when the minor is obtaining contact lenses for
the first time, diagnosis and treatment by an optometrist who is
licensed by the Oregon Board of Optometry under ORS 683.010 to
683.340 and who is acting within the scope of practice for an
optometrist. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 109.650 is amended to read:
  109.650. A hospital or any physician, nurse
practitioner { + , + }
  { - or - }  dentist  { + or optometrist  + }  { - as - }
described in ORS 109.640 may advise   { - the parent or
parents - }   { + a parent + } or legal guardian of   { - any - }
 { + a + } minor of the care, diagnosis or treatment  { + of the
minor + } or the need for any treatment { +  of the minor + },
without the consent of the
  { - patient - }  { +  minor + }, and   { - any hospital,
physician, nurse practitioner or dentist - }  is not liable for
advising the parent  { - , parents - }  or legal guardian without
the consent of the   { - patient - }  { +  minor + }.
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