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Senate amends optometry licensing bill to limit new narcotics prescribing authority
Summary
Senate Bill 48, amending the Optometry Licensing Act, initially proposed authorization for schedule III drugs but the body adopted an agreed amendment restricting such prescriptions to a 72-hour supply with no refills and clarified charitable-care liability protections; the amended bill passed.
Senate Bill 48, sponsored by Senator Mansell, proposed multiple amendments to the Optometry Licensing Act, including clarifying liability protections for optometrists providing emergency charitable care and refining the distinction between contact-lens resellers and providers.
The major floor controversy concerned granting optometrists authority to…
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