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Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
Filed: 2/15/2006
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09400SB2469sam002 |
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LRB094 16641 RAS 56012 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2469
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2469, AS AMENDED, |
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| in Section 10, in the introductory clause, by replacing |
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| "Section 11.5" with "Sections 11.5 and 15.2"; and
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| in Section 10, immediately below the end of Sec. 14, by |
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| inserting the following:
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| "(225 ILCS 80/15.2 new) |
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| Sec. 15.2. Limited optometry license. Any optometrist who |
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| (i) was originally licensed under a predecessor Act prior to |
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| 1965 and (ii) was not certified to use therapeutic ocular |
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| pharmaceutical agents as of January 1, 2006, shall, upon |
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| application and payment of a non-prorated fee of $200, be |
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| issued a limited optometry license by the Department to |
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| practice optometry until January 1, 2007, as provided for in |
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| this Section. |
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| A limited optometry licensee may not diagnose or treat eye |
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| disease, remove foreign bodies from the eye, or use or |
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| prescribe pharmaceutical agents. |
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| This Section is repealed on January 1, 2007.".
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