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SB 788: Eye Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Bennett

Eye Health Care; Authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizing certified optometrists to administer and prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents under certain circumstances; revising qualifications of certain members of the formulary committee; amending provisions relating to licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; providing applicability to clinical laboratories operated by practitioners licensed to practice optometry; requiring clinical laboratories to accept human specimens submitted by practitioners licensed to practice under ch. 463, F.S.; prohibiting certified optometrists from administering and prescribing certain controlled substances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Health Regulation
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Regulation (HR)
  2. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/2/2011 Senate • Filed
11/16/2011 Senate • Referred to Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 67
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 67
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Health Regulation