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Sub. H. B. No. 149 As Reported by the House Health CommitteeAs Reported by the House Health Committee
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Representatives Daniels, Strahorn
Cosponsors:
Representatives Stewart, J., Driehaus, Aslanides, Bolon, McGregor, J., Wolpert, Luckie, Gibbs, Hagan, R., Combs, Flowers, Healy, Setzer, Hagan, J., Lundy, Williams, S., Heard, Sykes, Widener, Hughes, Adams, Garrison, Uecker, Huffman, DeBose, Fessler, Distel, Blessing, Patton, Domenick, Fende, Bubp, Beatty, Collier, Peterson, Okey, Stewart, D., Foley, Boyd, Carmichael, Reinhard, Hite, Brown
A BILL
To amend sections 4725.01, 4725.09, 4725.16, 4725.23, 4725.26, 4725.28, and 4731.44 and to enact sections 4725.011, 4725.012, and 4725.091 of the Revised Code to modify the laws governing the State Board of Optometry and the practice of optometry, including the laws authorizing optometrists to administer and prescribe drugs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4725.01, 4725.09, 4725.16, 4725.23, 4725.26, 4725.28, and 4731.44 be amended and sections 4725.011, 4725.012, and 4725.091 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4725.01. As used in this chapter:
(A)(1) The "practice of optometry" means the application
of optical principles, through technical methods and devices, in
the examination of human eyes for the purpose of ascertaining
departures from the normal, measuring their functional powers,
adapting optical accessories for the aid thereof, and detecting
ocular abnormalities that may be evidence of disease, pathology,
or injury.
(2) In the case of a licensed optometrist who holds a
topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate, the "practice
of optometry" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) of this
section, except that it also includes administering use of topical
ocular pharmaceutical agents for the purposes set forth in
division (A)(1) of this section.
(3) In the case of a licensed optometrist who holds a
therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate, the "practice of
optometry" has the same meaning as in divisions division (A)(1) and (2) of
this section, except that it also includes employing all of the following:
(a) Employing, applying,
administering, and prescribing instruments, devices, and procedures
other than invasive procedures, and therapeutic pharmaceutical
agents for the following purposes:
(a) Examination of examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention
of any disease, injury, or other abnormal condition of the visual
system;
(b) Treatment or cure of any disease, injury, or other
abnormal condition of the anterior segment of the human eye Use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents;
(c) Performance of the invasive procedures specified in division (C) of section 4725.012 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Topical ocular pharmaceutical agents agent" means:
(1) Proparacaine hydrochloride in a potency not exceeding
five-tenths of one per cent ophthalmic solution;
(2) Benoxinate hydrochloride in a potency not exceeding
four-tenths of one per cent ophthalmic solution;
(3) Phenylephrine hydrochloride in a potency not exceeding
two and five-tenths per cent ophthalmic solution;
(4) Hydroxyamphetamine hydrobromide in a potency not
exceeding one per cent ophthalmic solution;
(5) Tropicamide in a potency not exceeding one per cent
ophthalmic solution;
(6) Cyclopentolate in a potency not exceeding one per cent
ophthalmic solution;
(7) Any other topical ocular pharmaceutical agents if the
primary indications for their use are consistent with the
purposes set forth in division (A)(1) of this section, their new
drug application is approved by and the potency in which they may
be used for evaluative purposes has been established by the
federal food and drug administration after January 1, 1983, and
their use for the purposes set forth in division (A)(1) of this
section has been approved by rule of the state board of
optometry a drug that may be used in accordance with section 4725.011 of the Revised Code by a licensed optometrist who holds a topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate.
(C) "Therapeutic pharmaceutical agent" means a topical
ocular pharmaceutical agent or any of the following drugs or
dangerous drugs that is used for examination, investigation, diagnosis, or
prevention of disease, injury, or other abnormal condition of the
visual system or for treatment or cure of disease, injury, or
other abnormal condition of the anterior segment of the human eye
and is an anti-microbial, anti-allergy, anti-glaucoma, topical
anti-inflammatory, or cycloplegic agent, or an analgesic:
(1) A topical ophthalmic preparation;
(2) Oral dosage of any of the following drugs:
(e) Glycerin in a fifty per cent solution;
(f) Isosorbide in a forty-five per cent solution;
(h) Analgesics that may be legally sold without
prescription;
(j) Ampicillin in a two hundred fifty milligram or five
hundred milligram dosage;
(k) Cefaclor in a two hundred fifty milligram or five
hundred milligram dosage;
(l) Cephalexin in a two hundred fifty milligram or five
hundred milligram dosage;
(m) Dicloxacillin in a two hundred fifty milligram or five
hundred milligram dosage;
(n) Doxycycline in a fifty milligram or one hundred
milligram dosage;
(o) Erythromycin in a two hundred fifty milligram, three
hundred and thirty-three milligram, or five hundred milligram
dosage;
(p) Penicillin VK in a two hundred fifty milligram or five
hundred milligram dosage;
(q) Tetracycline in a two hundred fifty milligram or five
hundred milligram dosage.
(3) Any other oral dosage of a drug or dangerous drug that
is listed by rule adopted by the state board of optometry under
section 4725.09 of the Revised Code drug that may be used in accordance with section 4725.012 of the Revised Code by a licensed optometrist who holds a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate.
(D) "Drug" and "dangerous drug" have the same meanings as in
section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Invasive procedure" means any procedure that involves
cutting or otherwise infiltrating human tissue by mechanical
means including surgery, laser surgery, ionizing radiation,
therapeutic ultrasound, administering medication by injection, or
the removal of intraocular foreign bodies, or the administration of a drug by injection.
(F)(G) "Visual system" means the human eye and its accessory
or subordinate anatomical parts.
(G)(H) "Certificate of licensure" means a certificate issued
by the state board of optometry under section 4725.13 of
the
Revised Code authorizing the holder to practice optometry as
provided in division (A)(1) of this section.
(H)(I) "Topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate"
means a certificate issued by the state board of optometry under
section 4725.13 of the Revised Code authorizing the
holder to
practice optometry as provided in division (A)(2) of this
section.
(I)(J) "Therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate" means
a certificate issued by the state board of optometry under
division (A)(3) or (4) of section 4725.13 of the
Revised Code
authorizing the holder to practice optometry as provided in
division (A)(3) of this section.
Sec. 4725.011. A licensed optometrist who holds a topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate is practicing within the optometrist's scope of practice when the optometrist administers a drug topically for evaluative purposes in the practice of optometry as specified in division (A)(1) of section 4725.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4725.012. (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a licensed optometrist who holds a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate is practicing within the optometrist's scope of practice when the optometrist administers or prescribes a drug for purposes of diagnosis, treatment or prevention of injury, or treatment or management of disease or any other abnormal condition within or originating from the visual system. The optometrist's scope of practice includes the topical administration of drugs that may be administered by a licensed optometrist who holds a topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate.
(B) A licensed optometrist who holds a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate is not authorized to do any of the following:
(1) Administer a drug by injection except as provided in division (C) of this section;
(2) Administer or prescribe a controlled substance unless the drug is a schedule III controlled substance authorized by the board in rules adopted under section 4729.091 of the Revised Code.
(C) A licensed optometrist who holds a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate is authorized to perform the following invasive procedures:
(1) Administration of a drug by injection for purposes of counteracting anaphylaxis or an anaphylactic reaction;
(2) Use of a device that infiltrates human tissue for purposes of testing the level of glucose in an individual's blood.
Sec. 4725.09. (A) The state board of optometry shall
adopt
rules as it considers necessary to govern the practice of
optometry and to administer and enforce sections 4725.01 to
4725.34 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted
under sections
4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised
Code shall be adopted in
accordance with Chapter
119. of the Revised Code.
(B) The board, in consultation with the state board of
pharmacy, shall adopt rules specifying oral dosages of drugs or
dangerous drugs that are therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under
division (C)(3) of section 4725.01 of the Revised
Code.
(C) The board shall adopt rules that establish standards to
be
met and procedures to be followed with respect to the
delegation
by an optometrist of the performance of an optometric
task to a
person who is not licensed or otherwise specifically
authorized by
the Revised Code to perform the task. The rules
shall
permit an
optometrist who holds a topical ocular
pharmaceutical agents certificate or
therapeutic pharmaceutical
agents certificate to
delegate the administration of drugs
included in the optometrist's
scope of practice.
The rules adopted under this division shall provide for all
of the
following:
(1) On-site supervision when the delegation occurs in an
institution or
other facility that is used primarily for the
purpose of providing health
care, unless the board established a
specific exception to the on-site
supervision requirement with
respect to routine administration of a topical
drug;
(2) Evaluation of whether delegation is appropriate
according to the
acuity of the patient involved;
(3) Training and competency requirements that must be met by
the person
administering the drugs;
(4) Other standards and procedures the board considers
relevant.
Sec. 4725.091. (A) The state board of optometry shall adopt rules governing the authority of licensed optometrists to administer and prescribe schedule III controlled substances under a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultation with the state board of pharmacy.
(B) All of the following apply to the state board of optometry in the adoption of rules under this section:
(1) The board shall not permit an optometrist to administer or prescribe a schedule III controlled substance other than a drug included in section 3719.41 of the Revised Code within the schedule III narcotics-narcotic preparations category.
(2) The board shall limit the schedule III controlled substances that optometrists may administer or prescribe to the drugs that the board determines are appropriate for use in the practice of optometry under a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate.
(3) With regard to prescribing schedule III controlled substances, the board shall establish prescribing standards to be followed by optometrists who hold therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificates. The board shall take into account the prescribing standards that exist within the health care marketplace and are used in other states that grant optometrists the authority to prescribe drugs.
(4) The board shall establish standards and procedures governing administering and prescribing schedule III controlled substances by taking into consideration and examining issues that include the appropriate length of drug therapy, appropriate standards for drug treatment, necessary monitoring systems, and any other factors the board considers relevant.
Sec. 4725.16. (A) Each certificate of licensure, topical ocular
pharmaceutical
agents certificate, and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
certificate issued by the
state board of optometry shall
expire annually on the last day of December, and may be
renewed in accordance with this section and the standard renewal
procedure established under Chapter 4745. of the
Revised Code.
An optometrist seeking to continue to practice optometry shall file with the board an application for license renewal. The application shall be in such form and require such pertinent professional biographical data as the board may require.
(B) All licensed optometrists shall annually
complete continuing education in
subjects relating
to the practice of optometry, to the end that
the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and
clinical advances, and the achievements of research will assure
comprehensive care to the public. The board shall prescribe by
rule the continuing optometric education that licensed
optometrists must complete. The length of study shall be
determined
by the board but shall be not less than six nor more than
twenty-five clock hours each year, except that the board shall
prescribe an
additional five including ten clock hours of instruction in pharmacology
to be
completed by all licensed optometrists who hold topical ocular pharmaceutical
agents certificates or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
certificates.
Unless the continuing education required under this division
is waived or deferred under division (D) of this section,
the continuing education must be completed during the
twelve-month period beginning on the first day of October
and ending on the last day of September. If the board
receives notice from a continuing education program indicating
that an optometrist completed the program after the last day of
September, and the optometrist wants to use the continuing
education completed after that day to renew the license that
expires on the last day of December of that year, the
optometrist shall pay the penalty specified under section
4725.34 of the Revised Code for late completion of
continuing education.
At least once annually, the board shall mail to
each licensed optometrist a list of courses approved in
accordance with standards prescribed by board rule. Upon the
request of a licensed optometrist, the executive
director of the board
shall supply a list of additional courses that the board
has
approved subsequent to the most recent mailing of the list of
approved courses.
(C)(1) Annually, by not later than the first day of
November, the board shall mail
to each licensed optometrist a notice regarding license renewal and to each licensed optometrist who may be eligible for renewal. The notice shall be sent to the optometrist's last address shown in the board's records. If the board knows that the optometrist has completed the required continuing optometric education for the year, the board may
include with the notice an application for license renewal. The
application shall be in such form and require such pertinent
professional biographical data as the board may require. An optometrist
seeking to continue to practice optometry shall file the renewal application
with the board. Filing
the
(2) Filing a license renewal application with the board shall serve as notice by the optometrist
that the continuing
optometric education requirement has been successfully completed. If
If the board finds that an optometrist has not completed the
required continuing optometric education, the board
shall
disapprove the optometrist's application. The board's disapproval of
renewal is
effective without a hearing, unless a hearing is requested pursuant to
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The
(3) The board shall refuse to accept
an application for renewal from any applicant whose license is not in good
standing or who is under disciplinary review pursuant to section 4725.19 of
the Revised Code. Notice
(4) Notice
of an applicant's failure to qualify for renewal
shall be
served upon the applicant
by
mail, which. The notice shall be sent on or before not later than the fifteenth
day of November
to the applicant's last address shown in the board's records.
(D) In cases of certified illness or undue hardship, the
board may waive or defer for up to twelve months the
requirement of continuing optometric education, except that in such
cases
the board may not waive or defer the continuing education in pharmacology
required to be completed by optometrists who hold topical ocular
pharmaceutical agents certificates or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
certificates. The board shall waive the
requirement of continuing optometric education for any
optometrist who is serving in the armed forces of the United
States or who has received an
initial certificate of licensure during the nine-month period which ended
on the last day of September.
(E) The board shall approve all applications for renewal that are not
disapproved or refused under division (C) of this
section. An optometrist whose renewal application has been
approved may renew each
certificate held by paying to the treasurer of state the fees for
renewal specified under section
4725.34 of the Revised Code. On
payment of all applicable fees, the board shall
issue a renewal of the optometrist's
certificate of licensure, topical ocular pharmaceutical agents
certificate, and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate, as
appropriate.
(F) A notice shall be sent
to every
licensed optometrist who fails to file the
renewal application provided under division (C) of this
section, at the
optometrist's last address, at least
one month in advance of the last day of December, which is the
date of expiration. A second
notice shall be sent Not later than the fifteenth day of December, the board shall mail a second notice regarding license renewal to each licensed optometrist who may be eligible for renewal but did not respond to the notice sent under division (C)(1) of this section. The notice shall be sent to the optometrist's last address shown in the board's records. If an optometrist fails to file a renewal application after the second notice is sent, the board shall send a third notice regarding license renewal
prior to any action under division (I) of this
section to classify the optometrist's certificates as
delinquent, to every optometrist failing to
respond to the preceding notice.
(G) The failure of an optometrist to
apply for license renewal or the failure to pay
the applicable annual
renewal fees on
or before the date of
expiration, shall
automatically work a forfeiture of the optometrist's
authority to practice optometry in this state.
(H) The board shall accept renewal applications and renewal fees that are
submitted from the first day of January to the last day of
April of
the year next succeeding the date of expiration. An individual who submits
such a late renewal application or fee shall pay the late renewal fee
specified in section 4725.34 of the Revised Code.
(I)(1) If the certificates issued by the
board to an individual have expired and the individual
has not filed a complete application during the late renewal period, the
individual's certificates shall be classified in the board's records as
delinquent.
(2) Any optometrist subject to delinquent
classification
may submit a written application
to the board for reinstatement. For reinstatement to
occur, the applicant must meet all of the following conditions:
(a) Submit to the board evidence of compliance
with board rules requiring continuing optometric education in a
sufficient number of hours to make up for any delinquent
compliance;
(b) Pay the renewal fees for the year in which
application for reinstatement is made and the
reinstatement fee specified under division (A)(8) of
section 4725.34 of the Revised Code;
(c) Pass all or part of the licensing examination
accepted by the board under section 4725.11 of the
Revised Code as the board considers appropriate to
determine whether the application for reinstatement should be
approved;
(d) If the applicant has been practicing optometry in
another state or country, submit evidence that the applicant's license to
practice optometry in the other state or country is
in good standing.
(3) The board shall approve an application for reinstatement if the
conditions
specified in division (I)(2) of this section are met. An
optometrist who receives reinstatement is subject to the
continuing education requirements specified under division
(B) of this section for the year in which reinstatement
occurs.
Sec. 4725.23. (A) The state board of optometry shall investigate
evidence that appears to show that a person has violated any provision of
sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under
those sections.
Investigations of alleged violations shall be supervised by the member of the
board appointed by the board to act as the supervising member of
investigations.
The supervising member shall
not participate in the final vote that occurs in an adjudication of the case.
(B) In investigating a possible violation, the board may
administer
oaths, order the taking of depositions, issue subpoenas, and compel the
attendance of witnesses and production of books, accounts, papers, records,
documents, and testimony. A subpoena for patient record information shall not
be issued without consultation with the attorney general's office and approval
of the secretary of the board and the board's supervising member of
investigations. Before issuance of a subpoena
for patient record information, the secretary and supervising member shall
determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed
alleges a violation of sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted
under those sections and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged
violation and material to the investigation. The subpoena may apply only to
records that cover a reasonable period of time surrounding the alleged
violation.
On failure to comply with any subpoena
issued by the board and after reasonable notice to the person
being subpoenaed, the board may move for an order compelling the
production of persons or records pursuant to the Rules of
Civil
Procedure.
A subpoena issued by the board may be served by a sheriff,
the sheriff's deputy, or a board employee designated by the
board. Service of a subpoena issued by the board may be
made by delivering a copy of the subpoena to the
person named therein, reading it to the person, or leaving it at
the person's usual place of residence. When the person being
served is an optometrist licensed under by this chapter,
service of the subpoena may be made by certified mail,
restricted delivery, return receipt requested, and the subpoena
shall be deemed served on the date delivery is made or the date
the optometrist refuses to accept delivery.
Each witness who
appears before the board in
obedience to a subpoena shall receive the fees
and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in the courts
of common pleas.
(C) Information received by the board pursuant to an
investigation is confidential and not subject to discovery in any civil
action.
The board shall conduct all investigations and proceedings
in a manner that protects the
confidentiality of patients and persons who file complaints with the
board. The
board shall not make public the names or any other identifying
information about patients or complainants unless proper consent is
given.
The board may
share any information it receives pursuant to an investigation, including
patient records and patient record
information, with other licensing boards and governmental agencies
that are investigating alleged professional misconduct and with law
enforcement agencies and other governmental
agencies that are investigating or prosecuting alleged criminal offenses. A
board or agency that receives the information shall comply with the same
requirements regarding confidentiality as those with which the state
board of optometry must comply, notwithstanding any conflicting provision
of the Revised Code or procedure
of the board or agency that applies when the board or agency is dealing with
other information in its possession. The information may
be admitted into evidence in a criminal trial in accordance with
the Rules of Evidence, but the court shall require
that appropriate measures are taken to ensure that
confidentiality is maintained with respect to any part of the information that
contains names or other identifying information about persons
whose confidentiality was protected by the state
board of optometry when the
information was in the board's possession. Measures to ensure confidentiality
that may be taken by the court include sealing its records or deleting
specific information
from its records.
Sec. 4725.26.
Division (A) of section 4725.02 of the Revised
Code
does not apply to
the following:
(A) Physicians authorized to practice
medicine and surgery
or osteopathic medicine and surgery under
Chapter 4731. of the
Revised Code;
(B) Persons who sell
optical accessories but do not assume
to adapt them
to the eye, and neither practice nor profess to
practice optometry;
(C) An instructor in a school of optometry that is located
in
this state and
approved by the state board of optometry under
section 4725.10 of the Revised Code who holds a valid current
license to practice
optometry
from a licensing body in another
jurisdiction and
limits the practice of optometry to the
instruction of students
enrolled in the school.
(D) A student at enrolled in a school of optometry, located in this or another
state
and approved by the board under section 4725.10 of the
Revised
Code, while enrolled the student is participating in this state in an optometry
training program and acting provided or sponsored by the school, if the student acts
under the direct, personal
supervision and control of an
optometrist licensed by the board
or authorized to practice
pursuant to division (C) of
this section.
(E) An individual who is licensed or otherwise specifically
authorized by the Revised Code to engage in an activity that
is
included in the practice of optometry.
(F) An individual who is not licensed or otherwise
specifically
authorized by the Revised Code to engage in an
activity that
is included in the practice of optometry, but is
acting pursuant to the rules
for delegation of optometric tasks
adopted under section 4725.09 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4725.28. (A) As used in this section,
"supplier" means
any person who prepares or sells optical accessories or other vision
correcting
items, devices, or
procedures.
(B) A licensed optometrist, on completion of a vision
examination and diagnosis, shall give each patient for whom
the optometrist prescribes any vision correcting item, device,
or procedure, one
copy of the prescription, without additional charge to the
patient. The prescription shall include the following:
(1) The date of its issuance;
(2) Sufficient information to enable the patient to obtain
from the supplier of the patient's choice, the optical
accessory or other vision
correcting item,
device, or procedure that has been prescribed;
(3) In the case of contact lenses, all information specified as part of a contact lens prescription, as defined in the "Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act," 117 Stat. 2024 (2003), 15 U.S.C. 7610.
(C) Any supplier who fills a prescription for contact
lenses furnished by an optometrist shall furnish the patient with written
recommendations to return to the prescribing optometrist for evaluation of the
contact lens fitting.
(D) Any supplier, including an optometrist who is a
supplier, may advertise to inform the general
public of the price that the supplier charges for any vision
correcting
item, device, or procedure. Any such advertisement shall
specify the following:
(1) Whether the advertised item includes an eye examination;
(2) In the case of lenses, whether the price applies to single-vision
or multifocal
lenses;
(3) In the case of contact lenses, whether the price applies
to rigid or soft lenses and whether there is an additional charge
related to the fitting and determination of the type of contact lenses to be
worn that is not included in the price of the eye examination.
(E) The state board of optometry shall not adopt any rule that
restricts the right to advertise as permitted by division (D)
of this section.
(F) Any municipal corporation code, ordinance, or regulation or
any township resolution that conflicts with a supplier's right to
advertise as permitted by division (D) of this section
is superseded by division (D) of this
section and is invalid. A municipal corporation code, ordinance,
or regulation or a township resolution conflicts with division (D)
of this
section if it restricts a supplier's right to advertise as
permitted by division (D) of this section.
Sec. 4731.44. (A) As used in this section, "supplier" has the same
meaning as in section 4725.28 of the Revised Code.
(B) An individual authorized under this
chapter to practice medicine and surgery or
osteopathic medicine and surgery, on completion of a vision examination
and diagnosis, shall give each patient for whom the
individual
prescribes any vision correcting item, device, or procedure, one copy of the
prescription, without additional charge to the patient.
The prescription shall include the following:
(1) The date of its issuance;
(2) Sufficient information to enable the patient to obtain
from the supplier of the patient's choice, the vision
correcting item,
device, or procedure that has been prescribed;
(3) In the case of contact lenses, all information specified as part of a contact lens prescription, as defined in the "Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act," 117 Stat. 2024 (2003), 15 U.S.C. 7610.
(C) Any supplier who fills a
prescription for contact
lenses furnished by an individual authorized under this
chapter to practice medicine and
surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery shall
furnish the patient with written recommendations to return to the
prescribing doctor
for evaluation of the contact lens fitting.
(D) Any supplier, including an individual
authorized under this chapter to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery who is a supplier, may advertise to inform the
general
public of the price that the supplier charges for any vision
correcting item, device, or procedure. An
advertisement of that nature shall specify the following:
(1) Whether the price includes an eye examination;
(2) In the case of lenses, whether the price applies to single-vision
or multifocal
lenses;
(3) In the case of contact lenses, whether the price applies
to rigid or soft lenses and whether there is an additional charge
related to the fitting and determination of the type of contact lenses to be
worn that is not included in the price of the eye examination.
(E) The state medical board shall not adopt any rule that
restricts the right to advertise as permitted by division (D)
of this section.
(F) Any municipal corporation code, ordinance, or regulation or
any township resolution that conflicts with a supplier's right to
advertise as permitted by division (D) of this section is
superseded by division (D) of this
section and is invalid. A municipal corporation code, ordinance,
or regulation or a township resolution conflicts with division (D)
of this
section if it restricts a supplier's right to advertise as
permitted by division (D) of this section.
Section 2. That existing sections 4725.01, 4725.09, 4725.16, 4725.23, 4725.26, 4725.28, and 4731.44 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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