Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2326
Scope of practice of a licensed optometrist; revise.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-19-1 AND 73-19-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCOPE OF A LICENSE TO PRACTICE OPTOMETRY SHALL INCLUDE DISPENSING OPHTHALMIC DEVICES CLASSIFIED BY THE FEDERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION AS A DRUG AND TO DELETE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF DRUGS BY LICENSED OPTOMETRISTS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-19-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE PRESCRIPTION OF PLANO OR COSMETIC LENSES BY ANY PERSON EXCEPT A LICENSED OPTOMETRIST OR OPHTHALMOLOGIST; TO AMEND SECTION 73-19-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS AUTHORIZED FOR DIAGNOSTIC USE BY PROPERLY CERTIFIED OPTOMETRISTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-19-151 AND 73-19-157, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PROPERLY CERTIFIED OPTOMETRISTS TO DISPENSE OPHTHALMIC DEVICES AND CONTACT LENSES CLASSIFIED AS A DRUG BY THE FEDERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND TO ADMINISTER AND PRESCRIBE ORAL STEROIDAL MEDICATIONS AND ALLERGY MEDICATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-137, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PROPERLY CERTIFIED OPTOMETRISTS TO PRESCRIBE ORAL ANALGESIC CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN SCHEDULE III; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 8 – Feb 3
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate