1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health occupations; modifying optometry scope of practice; amending
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.56, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1.Optometry defined.(a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
1.7optometry within the meaning of sections 148.52 to 148.62 who shall in any way:
1.8 (1) advertise as an optometrist;
1.9 (2) employ any means, including the use of autorefractors or other automated testing
1.10devices, for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation of lenses or prisms
1.11for the aid thereof;
1.12 (3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of vision;
1.13 (4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular anomaly
1.14of the visual system consisting of the human eye and its accessory or subordinate anatomical
1.15parts;
1.16 (5) prescribe lenses, including plano or cosmetic contact lenses, or prisms for the
1.17correction or the relief of same;
1.18 (6) employ or prescribe ocular exercises, orthoptics, or habilitative and rehabilitative
1.19therapeutic vision care; or
1.20 (7) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
1.21prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality of
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2852NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: KLEIN, Champion, Nelson and Mann)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/20/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges of
2.2optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of Optometry,
2.3or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
2.4 (b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
2.5 (1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection,
2.6except for treatment of anaphylaxis;
2.7 (2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
2.8 (3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or
2.9prescribed;
2.10 (4) oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or
2.11 (5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more than
2.12seven days.
2.13 (c) For purposes of this subdivision, "surgery" has the meaning most recently adopted
2.14and published by the American Medical Association and the standards established by the
2.15American College of Surgeons.
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