Bill Text: MN HF607 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Optometrist provisions changed.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-24 - Secretary of State Chapter 129 [HF607 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF607-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to health; changing provisions for optometrists;amending Minnesota
1.3Statutes 2012, section 148.56, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.7optometry within the meaning of sections148.52 to
148.62 who shall in any way:
1.8(1) advertise as an optometrist; or
1.9(2) employ any means, including the use of autorefractors or other automated
1.10testing devices, for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation of lenses
1.11or prisms for the aid thereof; or
1.12(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of
1.13vision; or
1.14(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular
1.15anomaly of the visual system consisting of the human eye and its accessory or subordinate
1.16anatomical parts; or
1.17(5) prescribe lenses, including plano or cosmetic contact lenses, or prisms, or ocular
1.18exercises for the correction or the relief of same; or
1.19(6) employ or prescribe ocular exercises, orthoptics, or habilitative and rehabilitative
1.20therapeutic vision care; or
1.21(6) (7) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
1.22prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality
1.23of the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges
2.1of optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of
2.2Optometry, or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
2.3(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.4(1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.5except for treatment of anaphylaxis;
2.6(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
2.7(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or
2.8prescribed;
2.9(4) oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or
2.10(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more
2.11than seven days.
2.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.56, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.13to read:
2.14 Subd. 5. Scope of practice exemption. Nothing in sections 148.52 to 148.62 shall
2.15prohibit the practice of a licensed or registered health care provider in Minnesota who is
2.16operating within the provider's scope of practice under Minnesota law.
2.17 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.18Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
1.3Statutes 2012, section 148.56, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.7optometry within the meaning of sections
1.8(1) advertise as an optometrist; or
1.9(2) employ any means, including the use of autorefractors or other automated
1.10testing devices, for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation of lenses
1.11or prisms for the aid thereof; or
1.12(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of
1.13vision; or
1.14(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular
1.15anomaly of the visual system consisting of the human eye and its accessory or subordinate
1.16anatomical parts; or
1.17(5) prescribe lenses, including plano or cosmetic contact lenses, or prisms
1.18
1.19(6) employ or prescribe ocular exercises, orthoptics, or habilitative and rehabilitative
1.20therapeutic vision care; or
1.21
1.22prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality
1.23of the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges
2.1of optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of
2.2Optometry, or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
2.3(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.4(1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.5except for treatment of anaphylaxis;
2.6(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
2.7(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or
2.8prescribed;
2.9(4) oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or
2.10(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more
2.11than seven days.
2.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.56, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.13to read:
2.14 Subd. 5. Scope of practice exemption. Nothing in sections 148.52 to 148.62 shall
2.15prohibit the practice of a licensed or registered health care provider in Minnesota who is
2.16operating within the provider's scope of practice under Minnesota law.
2.17 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.18Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
