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HB402 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Mar 4, 2021
HB402 Alabama 2021 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2021
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2021
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

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature