Iowa HSB 48: A bill for an act relating to the practice of optometry. (See HF 567.)

Bill Text

House
Study
Bill
48
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
_____

BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON

STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY

CHAIRPERSON
RIZER)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
practice
of
optometry.
1

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
2

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1767HC
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H.F.
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Section
1.
Section
154.1,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1

2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

a.
An
optometrist
licensed
under
this
chapter
may
employ
3

all
diagnostic
and
therapeutic
pharmaceutical
agents
for
4

the
purpose
of
diagnosis
and
treatment
of
conditions
of
the
5

human
eye
and
adnexa
pursuant
to
this
subsection
,
excluding
6

the
use
of
retrobulbar
injections
or

injections
other
than
7

to
counteract
an
anaphylactic
reaction
which
penetrate
the
8

globe

,
and
notwithstanding
section
147.107
,
may
without
9

charge
supply
any
of
the
above
pharmaceuticals
to
commence
a
10

course
of
therapy.
A
licensed
optometrist
may
perform
minor
11

surgical
procedures
and
use
medications
for
the
diagnosis
and
12

treatment
of
diseases,
disorders,
and
conditions
of
the
eye
and
13

adnexa.
A
license
to
practice
optometry
under
this
chapter
14

does
not
authorize
the
performance
of
surgical
procedures
which
15

require
the
use
of
injectable
or

general
anesthesia,
moderate
16

sedation,
penetration
of
the
globe,
or
the
use
of
ophthalmic
17

lasers
for
the
purpose
of
ophthalmic
surgery
within
or
upon
18

the
globe.
The
removal
of
pterygia
and
Salzmann’s
nodules,
19

incisional
corneal
refractive
surgery,
and
strabismus
surgery
20

are
prohibited.
21

EXPLANATION
22

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24

This
bill
makes
changes
to
the
types
of
actions
which
may
25

be
performed
by
an
optometrist.
Previously,
an
optometrist
26

could
not
use
injections
other
than
to
counteract
an
27

anaphylactic
reaction.
Under
the
bill,
an
optometrist
cannot
28

use
retrobulbar
injections
or
injections
which
penetrate
the
29

globe.
The
bill
also
removes
a
prohibition
on
the
performance
30

of
surgical
procedures
which
require
the
use
of
injectable
31

anesthesia
by
licensed
optometrists.
32

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