Bill
Number: S.B. 1362
Barto Floor Amendment
Amendment drafted by: Marianne Yamnik
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
The Barto Floor Amendment removes the provision that would have allowed optometrists to administer injections.
Limits oral steroid use to an amount packaged for a single course of therapy.
Clarifies the provision allowing an optometrist to prescribe controlled substances reclassified from Schedule III to Schedule II is limited to analgesics (painkillers).
BARTO FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1362
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 2, line 12, after “STEROIDS” insert “in an amount that does not exceed the amount packaged for a single course of therapy”
Line 17, after “analgesic” insert “and any controlled substance only if it is an analgesic that is reclassified from schedule iii to schedule ii after january 1, 2014”
Strike lines 25 through 30, insert:
“6. 4. A substance administered intravenously.
7. 5. Except as provided in subsection E f of this section, substances administered by injection.
8. 6. except as provided in subsection d of this section, a schedule I, II, IV or V controlled substance.”
Line 32, strike “use:” insert “use”
Line 33, strike “1. USE”
Strike lines 41 through 44
Amend title to conform