Full Text of HB1494 97th General Assembly
HB1494ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Dan Reitz Filed: 3/8/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1494
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1494 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 15.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 80/15.1)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
| 8 | | Sec. 15.1. Diagnostic and therapeutic authority.
| 9 | | (a) For purposes of the Act, "ocular pharmaceutical
agents" | 10 | | means topical anesthetics, topical mydriatics, topical
| 11 | | cycloplegics, topical miotics and mydriatic reversing agents, | 12 | | anti-infective agents,
anti-allergy agents,
anti-glaucoma | 13 | | agents (except oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, which may be | 14 | | prescribed only in a quantity sufficient to provide treatment | 15 | | for up to 72 hours),
anti-inflammatory agents (except oral | 16 | | steroids), over-the-counter agents, and analgesic
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| 1 | | anti-dry eye agents, and agents for the treatment of | 2 | | hypotrichosis . | 3 | | (a-3) In addition to ocular pharmaceutical agents that fall | 4 | | within the categories set forth in subsection (a) of this | 5 | | Section, the Board may add a pharmaceutical agent approved by | 6 | | the FDA or category of agents for the purpose of the diagnosis | 7 | | or treatment of conditions of the eye and adnexa after | 8 | | consideration of the agent's systemic effects, side effects, | 9 | | and the use of the agent within the practice of optometry. The | 10 | | Board shall consider requests for additional agents within 60 | 11 | | days after the receipt of the request. | 12 | | Within 30 days after the Board's approval of a | 13 | | pharmaceutical agent or category of agents, the Department | 14 | | shall adopt rules necessary to allow for the prescribing or | 15 | | administering of the pharmaceutical agent or category of agents | 16 | | under this Act through the use of emergency rulemaking in | 17 | | accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative | 18 | | Procedure Act. For purposes of that Act, the General Assembly | 19 | | finds that the adoption of rules to implement this subsection | 20 | | (a-3) is deemed an emergency and necessary for the public | 21 | | interest, safety, and welfare. | 22 | | (a-5) Ocular pharmaceutical agents administered by | 23 | | injection may be used only for the treatment of anaphylaxis. | 24 | | (a-10) Oral pharmaceutical agents may be prescribed for a | 25 | | child under 5 years of age only in consultation with a | 26 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. |
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| 1 | | (a-15) The authority to prescribe a Schedule III, IV, or V | 2 | | controlled substance shall include only analgesic agents in a | 3 | | quantity sufficient to provide treatment for up to 72 hours. | 4 | | The prescription of a Schedule II controlled substance is | 5 | | prohibited.
| 6 | | (b) A licensed optometrist may remove superficial foreign | 7 | | bodies from the human eye and adnexa and may give orders for | 8 | | patient care to a nurse licensed to practice under Illinois | 9 | | law.
| 10 | | (c) An optometrist's license shall be revoked or suspended | 11 | | by the Department
upon recommendation of the Board based upon | 12 | | either of the
following causes: | 13 | | (1) grave or repeated misuse of any ocular
| 14 | | pharmaceutical agent; and | 15 | | (2) the use of any agent or procedure in the course of | 16 | | optometric practice
by an optometrist not properly | 17 | | authorized under this Act. | 18 | | (d) The Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation | 19 | | shall notify
the Director of Public Health as to the categories | 20 | | of ocular
pharmaceutical agents permitted for use by an | 21 | | optometrist. The Director of Public Health shall in turn
notify | 22 | | every licensed pharmacist in the State of the categories of | 23 | | ocular
pharmaceutical agents that can be utilized and | 24 | | prescribed by an optometrist.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 94-787, eff. 5-19-06; 95-242, eff. 1-1-08.)".
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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