| BILL NO | A02803 |
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| SAME AS | No Same As |
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| SPONSOR | Paulin |
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| COSPNSR | Cook, Cymbrowitz, Abinanti, Gunther, Farrell, Weprin, Hevesi, Ryan, Titus, Stirpe, Skoufis,
Buchwald, DiPietro, Brabenec, Graf |
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| MLTSPNSR | Barclay, Blankenbush, Cahill, Crouch, Friend, Galef, Goodell, Gottfried, Hikind, Kearns, Palmesano,
Rivera, Skartados, Stec, Woerner |
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| Amd S7101-a, Ed L |
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| Authorizes optometrists certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment or prevention of ocular disease, to also use specified oral pharmaceutical agents in their practices; requires completion of a 30 hour phase three therapeutic pharmaceutical agent certification course; permits the commissioner of health to recommend other categories of drugs that may also be prescribed. |