SB66 Alabama 2020 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Tom WhatleyRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2020
- Title
- Optometrists, practice of optometry defined, Board of Optometry to regulate, Secs. 20-2-2, 34-22-1 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, the Alabama Board of Optometry licenses and regulates optometrists in the state.
This bill would provide further for the scope of practice of optometry and for the exclusive authority of the board to regulate the practice.
This bill would also clarify the existing status of the board as a certifying board for purposes of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, with certain exceptions.
- Subjects
- Optometry, Alabama Board of
Bill Actions
Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Healthcare
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature