1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 4410, the first unofficial engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 269, before line 18, insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4 Subdivision 1.
Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.5optometry within the meaning of sections
148.52 to
148.62 who shall in any way:
1.6(1) advertise as an optometrist;
or
1.7(2) employ any means, including the use of autorefractors or other automated testing
1.8devices, for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation of lenses or
prisms
1.9for the aid thereof;
or
1.10(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of
vision;
1.11or
1.12(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular anomaly
1.13of the visual system consisting of the human eye and its accessory or subordinate
anatomical
1.14parts;
or
1.15(5) prescribe lenses, including plano or cosmetic contact lenses, or prisms for the
1.16correction or the relief of same;
or
1.17(6) employ or prescribe ocular exercises, orthoptics, or habilitative and rehabilitative
1.18therapeutic vision care; or
1.19(7) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
1.20prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality
of
1.21the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges
of
1.22optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of Optometry,
1.23or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
2.1(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.2(1)
legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.3except for treatment of anaphylaxis intravitreal injections;
2.4(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
2.5(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs
and oral steroids to be administered or
2.6prescribed;
or
2.7(4)
oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or oral steroids
2.8to be prescribed or administered for more than 14 days without consultation with a
physician.
2.9(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more than
2.10seven days."
2.11Renumber the sections in sequence
2.12Amend the title accordingly