| BILL NO | S00975A |
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| SAME AS | No same as |
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| SPONSOR | LIBOUS |
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| COSPNSR | ADDABBO, BOYLE, ESPAILLAT, LATIMER, MARCHIONE, YOUNG |
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| MLTSPNSR | |
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| Amd SS7101-a & 7106, 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 25 hour phase three therapeutic pharmaceutical agent certification course of didactic education; permits the commissioner of health to recommend other categories of drugs that may also be prescribed. |