South Carolina House Bill 3303 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 30-18)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-03 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Branham
Pending: House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF OPTOMETRISTS, SO AS TO DELETE THE DEFINITIONS OF "BASIC CERTIFIED OPTOMETRIST", "DIAGNOSTIC CERTIFIED OPTOMETRIST", AND "THERAPEUTIC CERTIFIED OPTOMETRIST"; TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-30, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR OPTOMETRISTS, SO AS TO FURTHER SPECIFY ACTIVITIES THAT CONSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY; TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-290, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO OPTOMETRISTS ADMINISTERING AND PRESCRIBING PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS, SO AS TO FURTHER SPECIFY WHAT PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY OPTOMETRISTS, TO DELETE PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRESCRIBING ORAL AND TOPICALLY APPLIED MEDICATIONS AND THE PROVISION REQUIRING AN OPTOMETRIST TO COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE WITH AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST WHEN PRESCRIBING TOPICAL STEROIDS FOR MORE THAN TWENTY-ONE DAYS, AND TO PROVIDE WHAT MEDICATIONS AN OPTOMETRIST MAY ADMINISTER INJECTIONS INTO THE EYELID AND SUBCONJUNCTIVAL INJECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-310, RELATING TO REFERRALS TO OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND OTHER OPTOMETRISTS AND THE PROHIBITION AGAINST OPTOMETRISTS PERFORMING SURGERY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THESE REFERRALS AND THE PROHIBITION AGAINST PERFORMING SURGERY, AND TO PROVIDE WHAT TYPE OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 40-37-420 RELATING TO LICENSURE TRANSITION PROVISIONS THAT ARE OBSOLETE.

Delete The Provisions Pertaining To These Referrals And The Prohibition Against Performing Surgery, And To Provide What Type Of Surgical Procedures Are Not Included In The Practice Of Optometry; And To Repeal Section 40-37-420 Relating To Licensure Transition Provisions That Are Obsolete.

Rep. Paul Agnew [D]	Sen. Karl Allen [D]	Rep. Merita Allison [R]	Rep. Michael Anthony [D]
Rep. Liston Barfield [R]	Rep. James Battle [D]	Rep. Don Bowen [R]	Rep. William Bowers [D]
Rep. Grady Brown [D]	Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]	Rep. Daniel Cooper [R]	Rep. Joseph Daning [R]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R]	Rep. Tracy Edge [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]
Rep. Carl Gullick [R]	Rep. Nelson Hardwick [R]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]	Rep. Cathy Harvin [D]
Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. George Hearn [R]	Rep. William Herbkersman [R]	Rep. Davey Hiott [R]
Rep. Kenneth Hodges [D]	Rep. Lonnie Hosey [D]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]	Rep. Douglas Jennings [D]
Rep. Herbert Kirsh [D]	Rep. Lanny Littlejohn [R]	Rep. Deborah Long [R]	Rep. James Lucas [R]
Rep. Vida Miller [D]	Rep. Dennis Moss [R]	Rep. Steve Parker [R]	Rep. Gary Simrill [R]
Rep. B.R. Skelton [R]	Rep. Donald Smith [R]	Rep. James Roland Smith [R]	Rep. Murrell Smith [R]
Rep. Kit Spires [R]	Rep. James Stewart [R]	Rep. David Umphlett [R]	Rep. Thad Viers [R]
Rep. David Weeks [D]	Rep. William Whitmire [R]	Rep. Robert Williams [D]	Rep. Annette Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-03		Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Branham
2009-03-03		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Daning
2009-02-19		Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Dillard
2009-02-18		Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Sellers
2009-02-17		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Skelton
2009-02-12		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart
2009-02-04		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard, Battle
2009-02-03		Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Huggins
2009-02-03		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirsh, Allen, Viers, Govan
2009-01-29		Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Brady
2009-01-29		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Stewart, Barfield, Umphlett, Parker
2009-01-28		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Agnew, Littlejohn, Williams, Bowers, G.A.Brown, Sellers
2009-01-27		Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Neilson
2009-01-27		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks, G.M.Smith, Hayes, Brady, Miller, Jefferson, Hodges, Whitmire, Harvin, Herbkersman, Hosey
2009-01-15		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long, Edge
2009-01-15		Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-440
2009-01-15		Introduced and read first time HJ-439

H4819 (Similar To) 2010-04-13 - Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-59

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	37	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	37	290	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	37	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	37	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	37	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=3303&session=118