04/08/1994 05:30 PM House FIN

  HB 507    An Act relating to licensure  by the State Medical                 
            Board   and   temporary   permits    for   certain                 
            optometrists.                                                      
                                                                               
            CS HB 507 (FIN) was reported out of Committee with                 
            "individual  recommendations"  and  with a  fiscal                 
            note  by the  Department of Commerce  and Economic                 
            Development dated 3/02/94.                                         
  HOUSE BILL 507                                                               
                                                                               
       "An  Act  relating to  licensure  by the  State Medical                 
       Board and temporary permits for certain optometrists."                  
                                                                               
  (Tape Change, HFC 94-116, Side 1).                                           
                                                                               
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  LYNN SMITH,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE  CYNTHIA TOOHEY,  advised                 
  that HB 507  was introduced by  the House HESS Committee  by                 
  the  request of  the  State  Medical  Board and  the  Alaska                 
  Optometric  Association and  would address  concerns of  the                 
  board that  interviewing  applicants  for  licensure  be  in                 
  person.  The  provision would decrease costs  for applicants                 
  who wish to practice medicine in Alaska.                                     
                                                                               
  Representative Brown  MOVED to adopt Amendment  #1 requiring                 
  an interview and allowing that interview to be by telephone.                 
  There being NO OBJECTION, it was adopted.                                    
                                                                               
  Co-Chair MacLean  MOVED to  report CS  HB 507  (FIN) out  of                 
  Committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  with  the                 
  accompanying fiscal note.  There being  NO OBJECTION, it was                 
  so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                               
  CS  HB  507   (FIN)  was  reported  out  of  Committee  with                 
  "individual recommendations" and with the fiscal note by the                 
  Department  of  Commerce   and  Economic  Development  dated                 
  3/02/94.