SB2469sam002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

Filed: 2/15/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2469

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2469, AS AMENDED, in Section 10, in the introductory clause, by replacing "Section 11.5" with "Sections 11.5 and 15.2"; and

in Section 10, immediately below the end of Sec. 14, by inserting the following:

"(225 ILCS 80/15.2 new)

Sec. 15.2. Limited optometry license. Any optometrist who (i) was originally licensed under a predecessor Act prior to 1965 and (ii) was not certified to use therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical agents as of January 1, 2006, shall, upon application and payment of a non-prorated fee of $200, be issued a limited optometry license by the Department to practice optometry until January 1, 2007, as provided for in this Section.

A limited optometry licensee may not diagnose or treat eye disease, remove foreign bodies from the eye, or use or prescribe pharmaceutical agents.

This Section is repealed on January 1, 2007.".