Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1226 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1226
5	5	April 11, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives CLANCY, STUBBS and MADISON.
6	6	Referred to Committee on Insurance.
7	7	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
8	8	AN ACT to repeal and recreate 449.07 (title); and to create 449.07 (2) and
9	9	449.08 (1) (f) of the statutes; relating to: spectacle lens prescriptions provided
10	10	by optometrists.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	Under current law, an optometrist may be subject to professional discipline for
13	13	engaging in unprofessional conduct. The Optometry Examining Board has
14	14	promulgated rules specifying that unprofessional conduct includes failing to release,
15	15	at no cost to the patient, a copy of the patient's spectacle lens prescription or contact
16	16	lens prescription following release of the patient from contact lens fitting and initial
17	17	follow-up care. The board's rules further define “contact lens prescription” and “lens
18	18	prescription,” so as to specify the minimum requirements for such prescriptions.
19	19	This bill codifies into statute that unprofessional conduct by an optometrist
20	20	includes failing to release, at no cost to the patient, a copy of the patient's spectacle
21	21	lens prescription or contact lens prescription following release of the patient from
22	22	contact lens fitting and initial follow-up care. The bill further provides that the
23	23	board must define by rule what such prescriptions must include. However, the bill
24	24	specifically requires that a spectacle lens prescription include a measurement of the
25	25	patient's pupillary distance, which is not required under the board's current rules.
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30	30	ASSEMBLY BILL 1226
31	31	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
32	32	an appendix to this bill.
33	33	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
34	34	enact as follows:
35	35	SECTION 1. 449.07 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
36	36	449.07 (title) Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
37	37	SECTION 2. 449.07 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
38	38	449.07 (2) The examining board may, in addition to or in lieu of any disciplinary
39	39	action under sub. (1), assess a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for each separate
40	40	offense against a person who violates sub. (1) (a) to (h). Each day of continued
41	41	violation constitutes a separate offense.
42	42	SECTION 3. 449.08 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	449.08 (1) (f) Failing to release, at no cost to the patient, a copy of the patient's
44	44	ophthalmic lens prescription or contact lens prescription following release of the
45	45	patient from contact lens fitting and initial follow-up care. The examining board
46	46	shall, by rule, specify requirements for an ophthalmic lens prescription and contact
47	47	lens prescription for purposes this paragraph, but the rules shall require that an
48	48	ophthalmic lens prescription include a measurement of the patient's pupillary
49	49	distance.
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