FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997              SB 277/a
  
                                                February 27, 1997
  
  Mr. President:
  
      Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
  whom has been referred
  
                    SENATE BILL 277, as amended
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
  that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
      1.  Strike Senate Public Affairs Committee Amendment 7.
  
      2.  On page 2, line 16, before the period insert: 
  ", intraocular injections and retrobulbar injections.  No
  optometrist shall administer an injection in the eye or perform
  laser posterior capsulotomy; laser trabeculoplasty; laser iridotomy;
  laser iridoplasty; photorefractive keratectomy; phototherapeutic
  keratectomy; subcutaneous injections; subconjunctival injections; or
  subtenons injections, unless certified to do so by the board.  Upon
  seeking board certification to perform laser surgery or injections,
  an optometrist shall submit documentation to the board that the
  optometrist has successfully completed instruction offered by an
  accredited school or college of optometry regarding performance of
  laser surgery or injections". 
  
                               Respectfully submitted,
  
  
                               __________________________________
                               Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman 
  
  Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
            (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
  
                    Date ________________________
  
  The roll call vote was  5  For  2  Against
          Yes:    5
          No:     Fidel, McKibben
               Excused:     Kidd, Leavell, Robinson
          Absent: None
  
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