Report Title:

Optometry; Drug Formulary

 

Description:

Requires the joint formulary advisory committee to develop optometry formulary recommendations based on the most current edition of the Physician's Desk Reference. (SD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

223

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 2


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO OPTOMETRY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

SECTION 1. Section 459-7.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall establish a joint formulary advisory committee composed of:

(1) Two persons licensed as optometrists;

(2) Two persons licensed as pharmacists; and

(3) Two persons licensed in medicine by the board of medical examiners and board certified in ophthalmology.

The joint formulary advisory committee shall recommend the applicable formulary for persons certified under this section[.]; provided that in developing its recommendation, the committee shall utilize the most current edition of the Physician's Desk Reference. The board of optometry shall adopt the formulary as established by the joint formulary advisory committee in its rules."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.