00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 405(STA) am                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to the Board of Examiners in Optometry; relating to licensure                                          
02 of dispensing opticians; and providing for an effective date."                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(19) is amended to read:                                                                
05   (19)  Board of Examiners in Optometry (AS 08.72.010) -- June 30, 2002                                              
06 [1996];                                                                                                                 
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.71.230 is amended to read:                                                                          
08  Sec. 08.71.230.  EXEMPTIONS FROM AND LIMITATIONS ON THE                                                               
09 APPLICATION OF THIS CHAPTER.  This chapter may not be construed to                                                      
10   (1)  limit or restrict a licensed physician or optometrist, or an employee                                          
11 to whom a licensed physician or optometrist has delegated opticianry duties under                                       
12 AS 08.72.110(a), from the practices enumerated in this chapter, and each licensed                                      
13 physician and optometrist has all the rights and privileges that [WHICH] may accrue                                   
14 under this chapter to dispensing opticians licensed under it;                                                           

01   (2)  prohibit an unlicensed person from performing mechanical work                                                   
02 upon inert matter in an optical office, laboratory, or shop;                                                          
03   (3)  prohibit an unlicensed person from engaging in the sale of                                                      
04 eyeglasses, spectacles, magnifying glasses, goggles, sunglasses, telescopes, binoculars,                                
05 or any like articles that [WHICH] are completely preassembled and sold only as                                        
06 merchandise;                                                                                                            
07   (4)  authorize or permit a licensee under this chapter to hold out as                                                
08 being able to, or to offer to, or to attempt by any means, to refract or exercise eyes,                                 
09 diagnose, treat, correct, relieve, operate, or prescribe for any human ailment,                                       
10 deficiency, deformity, disease, or injury.                                                                            
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.72.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (a)  A person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice                                             
13 optometry without first obtaining a license from the board, except that a person                                       
14 employed by and under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or licensed                                        
15 optometrist may perform duties opticianry in the licensee's office as delegated by                                      
16 the licensee.  In this subsection, "opticianry duties" means duties within the                                          
17 practice of a dispensing optician as defined in AS 08.71.240.                                                          
18    * Sec. 4.  AS 08.72.150 is amended to read:                                                                          
19  Sec. 08.72.150.  APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION AND ISSUANCE OF                                                          
20 LICENSE.  An applicant shall apply for the examination by filing an application with                                    
21 the department together with the examination fee by the deadline established by the                                    
22 department in regulations [AT LEAST 15 DAYS BEFORE THE EXAMINATION].                                                   
23 Upon successful completion of the examination by the applicant and payment of the                                       
24 license fee, the board shall issue a license to the successful applicant.  The applicant                                
25 may practice optometry in the state upon receipt of the license.                                                        
26    * Sec. 5.  AS 08.72.125, 08.72.140(1), and 08.72.140(2) are repealed.                                                
27    * Sec. 6.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).