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Senate Amendment 5140

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 374, as passed by the Senate, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  4 clause and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  Section 154.1, unnumbered paragraph 3,
  1  6 Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  7    Therapeutically certified optometrists may employ
  1  8 the following pharmaceuticals:  topical pharmaceutical
  1  9 agents, oral antimicrobial agents, oral
  1 10 antihistamines, oral antiglaucoma agents, and oral
  1 11 analgesic agents, all diagnostic and therapeutic
  1 12 pharmaceutical agents for the purpose of diagnosis and
  1 13 treatment of conditions of the human eye and adnexa,
  1 14 pursuant to this paragraph, excluding the use of
  1 15 injections other than to counteract an anaphylactic
  1 16 reaction, and notwithstanding section 147.107, may
  1 17 without charge supply any of the above listed
  1 18 pharmaceuticals to commence a course of therapy.
  1 19 Therapeutically certified optometrists may prescribe
  1 20 oral steroids for a period not to exceed fourteen days
  1 21 without consultation with a primary care physician.
  1 22 Therapeutically certified optometrists shall not
  1 23 prescribe oral Imuran or oral Methotrexate.
  1 24 Therapeutically certified optometrists may be
  1 25 authorized, where reasonable and appropriate, by rule
  1 26 of the board, to employ new diagnostic and therapeutic
  1 27 pharmaceutical agents approved by the United States
  1 28 food and drug administration on or after July 1, 2002,
  1 29 for the diagnosis and treatment of the human eye and
  1 30 adnexa.  The board shall not be required to adopt
  1 31 rules relating to topical pharmaceutical agents, oral
  1 32 antimicrobial agents, oral antihistamines, oral
  1 33 antiglaucoma agents, and oral analgesic agents.
  1 34 Superficial foreign bodies may be removed from the
  1 35 human eye and adnexa.  These The therapeutic efforts
  1 36 of a therapeutically certified optometrist are
  1 37 intended for the purpose of examination, diagnosis,
  1 38 and treatment of visual defects, abnormal conditions
  1 39 and diseases of the human eye and adnexa, for proper
  1 40 optometric practice or referral for consultation or
  1 41 treatment to persons licensed under chapter 148 or
  1 42 150A.  A therapeutically certified optometrist is an
  1 43 optometrist who is licensed to practice optometry in
  1 44 this state and who is certified by the board of
  1 45 optometry examiners to use the agents and procedures
  1 46 listed in authorized pursuant to this paragraph.  A
  1 47 therapeutically certified optometrist shall be
  1 48 provided with a distinctive certificate by the board
  1 49 which shall be displayed for viewing by the patients
  1 50 of the optometrist.
  2  1    Sec. 2.  EMERGENCY RULES.  The board of optometry
  2  2 examiners may adopt emergency rules under section
  2  3 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
  2  4 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of this
  2  5 Act, and the rules shall become effective immediately
  2  6 upon filing, unless a later effective date is
  2  7 specified in the rules.  Any rules adopted in
  2  8 accordance with the provisions of this section shall
  2  9 also be published as notice of intended action as
  2 10 provided in section 17A.4.
  2 11    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 2 of this Act,
  2 12 relating to the adoption of emergency rules, being
  2 13 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  2 14 enactment."
  2 15    #2.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
  2 16 word "optometry" the following:  ", and providing an
  2 17 effective date".  
  2 18 SF 374H
  2 19 rn/es/25
     

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