HB 261: Eye Health Care
GENERAL BILL by Caldwell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Abruzzo ; Adkins ; Ahern ; Artiles ; Burgin ; Coley ; Corcoran ; Drake ; McBurney ; Porter ; Trujillo ; Williams
Eye Health Care; Authorizes Board of Optometry to adopt rules for administration & prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizes certified optometrists to administer & prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents; revises qualifications of certain members of formulary committee; revises provisions relating to licensure & regulation of clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; provides applicability to clinical laboratories operated by practitioners licensed to practice optometry; revises definition of "licensed practitioner" to include practitioner licensed under ch. 463, F.S.; requires clinical laboratories to accept human specimens submitted by practitioners licensed under ch. 463, F.S.; revises definition of "practitioner" to include certified optometrist for purposes of Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Act; prohibits certified optometrists from administering & prescribing certain controlled substances.
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/4/2011 House • Filed
10/17/2011 House • Referred to Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee; Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 27
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 27
3/9/2012 House • Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
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HB 261, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/4/2011 at 2:15 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (5)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 788 Eye Health Care Bennett Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
Location: In committee/council (HR)
S 718 Health Care Bennett Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
Location: In committee/council (HR)
S 1014 Health Care Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
Location: In committee/council (HR)
S 1316 (c2) Health Care Gaetz Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch. 2012-61), CS/CS/HB 653 (Ch. 2012-64), CS/CS/CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2012-66), CS/CS/CS/HB 943 (Ch. 2012-73), CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch. 2012-184)
Location: On Special Order Calendar
S 1506 (c1) Health Care Thrasher Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
Location: In committee/council (BHA)
Citations - Statutes (10)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 463.002 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf) 463.005 Authority of the board. Page 3 (pdf) 463.0055 Administration and prescription of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents; committee. Page 3 (pdf) 463.0057 Optometric faculty certificate. Page 5 (pdf) 463.006 Licensure and certification by examination. Page 6 (pdf) 483.035 Clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; licensure and regulation. Page 6 (pdf) 483.041 Definitions. Page 7 (pdf) 483.181 Acceptance, collection, identification, and examination of specimens. Page 7 (pdf) 893.02 Definitions. Page 8 (pdf) 893.05 Practitioners and persons administering controlled substances in their absence. Page 8 (pdf)