74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 1106
 
                         Senate Bill 35
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Public Health for Oregon Optometric Physicians Association)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Authorizes optometrists to institute treatment with
antiglaucoma medication without prior consultation with
ophthalmologist or other doctor of medicine or doctor of
osteopathy.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to treatment with antiglaucoma medication by
  optometrists; amending ORS 683.270.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 683.270 is amended to read:
  683.270. (1) The powers and duties of the Oregon Board of
Optometry are as follows:
  (a) To organize and elect from its membership a president and
vice president of the board, each of whom shall hold office for
one year, or until the election and qualification of a successor.
  (b) To adopt and use a common seal.
  (c) To employ agents and inspectors to secure evidence of and
report on all violations of this chapter and to employ other
necessary assistance in the carrying out of the provisions of
this chapter, and to pay the same from the funds provided in ORS
683.010 to 683.335.
  (d) To hold regular meetings at least once a year at which an
examination of applicants for licenses shall be held at such
places as the board shall from time to time designate, and
special meetings upon request of a majority of the members of the
board or upon the call of the president.
  (e) To keep an accurate record of all proceedings of the board
and of all of its meetings, of all prosecutions for violations of
ORS 683.010 to 683.335, and of all examinations held for
applicants for licenses, with the names and addresses of all
persons taking examinations and their success or failure to pass
such examinations. All the records of the board shall be public
and shall be kept in the office of the board.
  (f) To keep an accurate inventory of all property of the board
and of the state in the possession of the board and to obtain a
receipt therefor from its successor.
 
  (g) To keep a register of optometrists which shall contain the
names and addresses of all persons to whom licenses have been
issued in the State of Oregon, together with the date of the
issuance of the license and the place or places of business in
which each optometrist is engaged, and all renewals, revocations
and suspensions thereof.
  (h) To grant or refuse to grant licenses as provided in ORS
683.010 to 683.335 and to impose any of the sanctions for any of
the causes specified in ORS 683.140.
  (i) To administer oaths and take testimony upon granting and
revoking or suspending any certificate of registration or any
other certificate established by the board for the protection of
the public.
  (j) To designate pharmaceutical agents for topical use in the
practice of optometry with the advice and guidance of the Board
of Medical Examiners for the State of Oregon.
  (k) To adopt rules not inconsistent with the laws of this state
as are necessary or proper to carry out the lawful powers and
duties of the board, as may be necessary or proper to establish
license fees and license terms or duration, to determine the
qualifications of applicants for a license and of licensees to
practice optometry in this state, and to establish educational
and professional standards for such applicants, subject to the
laws of this state. If an applicant fails to pass a second
examination the board may adopt rules which may provide the
required courses of study before further examination.
  (2) Optometrists utilizing pharmaceutical agents shall be held
to the same standards of liability as persons licensed as
physicians to practice medicine and surgery by the Board of
Medical Examiners for the State of Oregon under ORS chapter 677.
    { - (3) Prior to instituting treatment with antiglaucoma
medication, optometrists shall consult with an ophthalmologist or
other doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed under
ORS chapter 677. - }
    { - (4) - }   { + (3) + } Notwithstanding ORS 683.010 (3), an
optometrist may remove superficial foreign bodies from the eye
and its appendages.
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