SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 924
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 740322
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11  Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         On page 1, lines 17-19, delete those lines
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17         (nn)  Except as otherwise provided herein, delegating
18  ocular post-operative responsibilities to a person other than
19  an opthalmologist licensed as a physician under this chapter
20  or chapter 459. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
21  an opthalmologist performing cataract surgery from delegating
22  ocular post-operative responsibilities relating to that
23  cataract surgery to a board certified optometrist licensed
24  under chapter 463 provided that the board certified
25  optometrist is supervised by the operating surgeon or an
26  equivalently trained opthalmologist, and the operating surgeon
27  remains responsible for the management of the patient's
28  post-operative care.
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