SCS HB 289(FIN): "An Act relating to the membership of the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers; and relating to the practice of optometry."
00 SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 289(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to the membership of the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers; and 02 relating to the practice of optometry." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 08.13.010 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 08.13.010. Creation and membership of board. (a) There is created the 06 Board of Barbers and Hairdressers consisting of seven [SIX] members appointed by 07 the governor. 08 (b) The board consists of 09 (1) one person [TWO PERSONS] licensed as a barber [BARBERS] 10 under this chapter; 11 (2) one person licensed to practice body piercing or licensed to 12 practice tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring under this chapter; 13 (3) two persons licensed as hairdressers under this chapter, one of 14 whom is also licensed as an esthetician under this chapter; [AND]
01 (4) one public member; 02 (5) one person licensed to practice manicuring under this chapter; 03 and 04 (6) one person licensed to practice any activity licensed under this 05 chapter. 06 * Sec. 2. AS 08.72.050 is amended to read: 07 Sec. 08.72.050. Regulations. The board shall adopt regulations 08 (1) necessary for the proper performances of its duties; 09 (2) governing the applicants and applications for licensing; 10 (3) for the licensing of optometrists; 11 (4) necessary to govern the practice of optometry, including the 12 prescription and use of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of eye disease; 13 (5) prescribing requirements that a person licensed under this chapter 14 must meet to demonstrate continued professional competency; 15 (6) describing the scope of practice for a licensee to perform 16 ophthalmic surgery and noninvasive procedures. 17 * Sec. 3. AS 08.72.181(d) is amended to read: 18 (d) Before a license may be renewed, the licensee shall submit to the board 19 evidence that, during the preceding licensing period [IN THE FOUR YEARS 20 PRECEDING THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL], the licensee has 21 [(1) COMPLETED EIGHT HOURS OF CONTINUING 22 EDUCATION, APPROVED BY THE BOARD, CONCERNING THE USE AND 23 PRESCRIPTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS; 24 (2) COMPLETED SEVEN HOURS OF CONTINUING 25 EDUCATION, APPROVED BY THE BOARD, CONCERNING THE INJECTION 26 OF NONTOPICAL THERAPEUTIC PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS; AND 27 (3)] met [OTHER] continuing education requirements as may be 28 prescribed by regulations of the board to ensure the continued protection of the public. 29 * Sec. 4. AS 08.72.272(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 30 (a) Except as provided in (e) and (f) of this section, a licensee may prescribe 31 and use a pharmaceutical agent, including a controlled substance, in the practice of
01 optometry if the pharmaceutical agent is used in a manner consistent with standards 02 adopted by the board in regulation; the standards must include limitations on practice 03 adopted under AS 08.72.278. 04 * Sec. 5. AS 08.72.272 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 05 (e) A licensee may not perform an injection in the ocular globe of the eye that 06 is a derivative of clostridium botulinum. 07 (f) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a licensee may not prescribe a 08 controlled substance in a quantity exceeding a seven-day supply. If a patient requires a 09 refill of the prescription after expiration of the seven-day supply, the licensee shall 10 refer the patient to a licensed physician or ophthalmologist. 11 * Sec. 6. AS 08.72 is amended by adding a new section to read: 12 Sec. 08.72.278. Limitation on practice. (a) A licensee may perform the 13 services of optometry as defined in AS 08.72.300 only if the services are within the 14 scope of the licensee's education, training, and experience as established by 15 regulations adopted by the board. 16 (b) A licensee may not perform ophthalmic surgery, as described by the board 17 in regulation, if the surgery is beyond the scope of the licensee's education, training, 18 and experience. 19 * Sec. 7. AS 08.72.300(3) is repealed and reenacted to read: 20 (3) "optometry" means the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, 21 treatment, or performance of preventive procedures related to diseases, disorders, or 22 conditions of the human eyes or adjacent and associated structures, consistent with this 23 chapter and regulations adopted by the board; 24 * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 25 read: 26 TRANSITION. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 08.13.010, as amended by 27 sec. 1 of this Act, the members of the Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers appointed 28 under AS 08.13.010(b)(1) who are serving on the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act may 29 continue to serve the term for which the member was appointed after the effective date of sec. 30 1 of this Act. The member described under AS 08.13.010(b)(6), as amended by sec. 1 of this 31 Act, shall be appointed as soon after the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act as there is a
01 vacancy in the members appointed under AS 08.13.010(b)(1). 02 (b) The first person appointed under AS 08.13.010(b)(1), as it read on the day before 03 the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act, whose term expires after the effective date of sec. 1 of 04 this Act shall be replaced with a person meeting the qualifications under AS 08.13.010(b)(6).