SB 718: Health Care
GENERAL BILL by Bennett
Health Care; Authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents rather than topical ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizing certified optometrists to administer and prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents under certain circumstances; amending provisions relating to licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; providing applicability to clinical laboratories operated by practitioners licensed to practice optometry; requiring clinical laboratories to accept human specimens submitted by practitioners licensed to practice under ch. 463, F.S.; revising the burden of proof that a claimant must demonstrate in order to prove medical negligence by a health care provider or an emergency health care provider; prohibiting certified optometrists from administering and prescribing certain controlled substances, etc.
Senate Committee References: Health Regulation (HR) , Judiciary (JU) , Budget (BC)
Last Action: 03/09/2012 Died in Health Regulation
Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 10/27/2011 | Senate | • Filed |
| 11/16/2011 | Senate | • Referred to Health Regulation; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 61 |
| 01/10/2012 | Senate | • Introduced -SJ 61 |
| 03/09/2012 | Senate | • Died in Health Regulation |
