REPORT TITLE:
Optometry


DESCRIPTION:
Adds another optometrist member to the joint formulary advisory
committee.  (SD1) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO OPTOMETRY.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 459-7.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(c)  The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall
 
 4 establish a joint formulary advisory committee composed of:
 
 5      (1) [Two] Three persons licensed as optometrists;
 
 6      (2)  Two persons licensed as pharmacists; and
 
 7      (3)  Two persons licensed in medicine by the board of
 
 8           medical examiners and board certified in ophthalmology.
 
 9 The joint formulary advisory committee shall recommend the
 
10 applicable formulary for persons certified under this section.
 
11 The board of optometry shall adopt the formulary as established
 
12 by the joint formulary advisory committee in its rules."
 
13      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
14 New statutory material is underscored.
 
15      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.