Bill Text: OH HB146 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To modify the composition of the Optical Dispensers Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - To Health and Aging [HB146 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB146-Introduced.html
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Representative Gonzales
Cosponsors:
Representatives Brenner, Ruhl, Stebelton
| To amend sections 4725.42 and 4725.43 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to modify the composition of the Optical | 2 |
| Dispensers Board. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 4725.42 and 4725.43 of the Revised | 4 |
| Code be amended to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 4725.42. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio optical | 6 |
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dispensers board, consisting of | 7 |
| (1) Five licensed dispensing opticians, at least one of whom | 8 |
| shall be a licensed contact lens dispensing optician and at least | 9 |
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one of whom shall be a licensed spectacle dispensing optician | 10 |
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| (2) One individual who is either an optometrist licensed by | 13 |
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the state board of optometry or a physician | 14 |
| the state medical board to practice medicine and surgery or | 15 |
| osteopathic medicine and surgery who engages in the practice of | 16 |
| ophthalmology; | 17 |
| (3) One | 18 |
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| financial interest in or any other interest in the provision of | 20 |
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optical aids or the performance of optical dispensing services. | 21 |
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| (B) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, | 27 |
| shall make appointments to the board. Terms of office shall be for | 28 |
| five years, each term commencing on the twenty-third day of March | 29 |
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and ending on the twenty-second day of March. | 30 |
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board shall hold office from the date of | 31 |
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appointment until the end of the term for which | 32 |
| appointed, except that if a successor member has not been | 33 |
| appointed by the end of the term, the member shall continue in | 34 |
| office until such appointment. | 35 |
| No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Any | 36 |
| vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a member's term shall | 37 |
| be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member | 38 |
| appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of | 39 |
| the unexpired term of the predecessor member of the board. | 40 |
| Sec. 4725.43. The Ohio optical dispensers board shall elect | 41 |
| a president and such other officers from its members, as may be | 42 |
| prescribed by rule. The officers of the board shall hold their | 43 |
| respective offices for a term of one year. | 44 |
| The board shall meet at least once in each calendar year in | 45 |
| Columbus. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for | 46 |
| the purpose of conducting business of the board. No action of the | 47 |
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board is valid without the concurrence of | 48 |
| board shall also meet at such additional times and in such places | 49 |
| as are specified by rule or directed by the president, or pursuant | 50 |
| to a written request submitted to the executive | 51 |
| secretary-treasurer by two other officers or by any two members. | 52 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 4725.42 and 4725.43 of the | 53 |
| Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 54 |
| Section 3. The amendment made by this act to section 4725.42 | 55 |
| of the Revised Code providing for a reduction in the Ohio Optical | 56 |
| Dispensers Board does not affect the members holding office on the | 57 |
| effective date of this act. The reduction shall be implemented by | 58 |
| not filling vacancies that correspond with the changes made by | 59 |
| this act to the Board's membership. | 60 |
