1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 4247, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 44, after line 33, insert:


1.5    Section 1.Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6    Subdivision 1. Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.7optometry within the meaning of sections 148.52 to 148.62 who shall in any way:
1.8(1) advertise as an optometrist;
1.9(2) employ any means, including the use of autorefractors or other automated testing
1.10devices, for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation of lenses or prisms
1.11for the aid thereof;
1.12(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of vision;
1.13(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular anomaly
1.14of the visual system consisting of the human eye and its accessory or subordinate anatomical
1.15parts;
1.16(5) prescribe lenses, including plano or cosmetic contact lenses, or prisms for the
1.17correction or the relief of same;
1.18(6) employ or prescribe ocular exercises, orthoptics, or habilitative and rehabilitative
1.19therapeutic vision care; or
1.20(7) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
1.21prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality of
1.22the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges of
2.1optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of Optometry,
2.2or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
2.3(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.4(1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.5except for treatment of anaphylaxis retrobulbar, sub-Tenon, or intravitreal injection;
2.6(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers, surgery of the
2.7eyelid for suspected malignancies or for incisional cosmetic or mechanical repair of the
2.8eyelid, or surgery requiring the use of general anesthesia;
2.9(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or
2.10prescribed;
2.11(4) oral antivirals steroids to be prescribed or administered for more than ten 14 days
2.12without consultation with a physician; or
2.13(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more than
2.14seven days an optometrist to perform any clinical procedure that is not within the training
2.15and experience of the optometrist and included in the curricula of accredited schools or
2.16colleges of optometry."
2.17Renumber the articles in sequence and correct the internal references
2.18Amend the title accordingly