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AN ACT
To amend Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to optometrists, so as to change the provisions
relating to scope of practice; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to optometrists,
is amended by
adding at the end of paragraph (2) of Code Section 43-30-1, relating to
definitions, a new subparagraph to read as
follows:
"(I)
Optometrists who are certified to use pharmaceutical agents for treatment
purposes shall have the authority to prescribe and administer oral
pharmaceutical agents, in addition to the analgesics which alone are subject to
the restrictions of subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, for the treatment of
conditions of the eye and eyelid only. The treatment of nonocular medical
conditions is specifically prohibited. Optometrists may not prescribe those
pharmaceutical agents listed in Schedules I and II of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of
Title 16, the 'Georgia Controlled Substances Act.' A doctor of optometry shall
not prescribe or administer oral cortical-steroids for more than seven (7) days
without consultation with the patient's
physician."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.