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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 154.11 VOLUNTEER EXEMPTION. 1 2 The licensure requirements contained in section 154.3 shall 1 3 not apply if an optometrist possessing a current and valid 1 4 optometrist license issued in another state provides volunteer 1 5 optometric services in this state to a nonprofit organization 1 6 rendering services to the visually impaired. Allegations of 1 7 professional misconduct, malpractice, mental or physical 1 8 impairment, ethical violation, or any practice harmful or 1 9 detrimental to the public, however, shall be subject to review 1 10 by the board of optometry examiners. The board may, in its 1 11 discretion, refer such allegations to the corresponding 1 12 licensing authority in the state in which the volunteer has 1 13 been licensed, or alternatively may enjoin the volunteer from 1 14 providing further volunteer optometric service pursuant to 1 15 section 147.83. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill provides that a licensed optometrist from another 1 18 state providing volunteer services to a nonprofit organization 1 19 serving the visually impaired need not be licensed in this 1 20 state. Allegations of malpractice, misconduct, ethical 1 21 violation, or practices harmful or detrimental to the public 1 22 shall be subject to state board of optometry review. The 1 23 board may, in its discretion, refer such allegations to the 1 24 licensing authority in the volunteer's state of licensure, or 1 25 enjoin the volunteer from providing further volunteer 1 26 optometric services pursuant to section 147.83. 1 27 LSB 1391YH 77 1 28 rn/jw/5
Text: HF00566 Text: HF00568 Text: HF00500 - HF00599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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