File Code: Health Occupations
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Goldwater, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Dumais,
Frush, Harrison, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Murray,
Pendergrass, and Rosenberg
- Entitled:
-
Optometrists - Quality Eye Health Improvement Act
Repealing specified limitations on the words, abbreviations, or titles
that may be attached to a licensed optometrist's name; altering the
requirements for certification as a therapeutically certified
optometrist; altering the practice responsibilities of an optometrist;
altering specified provisions of law requiring the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations; and requiring the State Board
of Examiners in Optometry to monitor the quality of care of
therapeutically certified optometrists.
House Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/19
- Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/28
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/6 at 12:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
- EXAMINATIONS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
- OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
- OPTOMETRISTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health Occupations
- (
11-403 ,
11-404.1 ,
11-404.2 ,
11-404.3
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered