2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB491 520

Amendment No. 520

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 491                                                              (BDR 54‑1280)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting section 1 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 636 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     An optometrist may, based upon the individual needs of a particular patient, collaborate with an ophthalmologist for the provision of care to the patient, for a fixed fee, regarding one or more surgical procedures if:

     1.  The collaborating parties prepare and maintain in their respective medical records regarding the patient, written documentation of each procedure and other service performed by each collaborating party which includes the date each procedure and other service is performed;

     2.  The fixed fee is divided between the collaborating parties in proportion to the services personally performed by each of them; and

     3.  The collaborating parties provide to the patient and maintain in their respective medical records regarding the patient, a written document, signed by each of the collaborating parties and the patient, containing:

     (a) The name, business address and telephone number of each of the collaborating parties;

     (b) The amount of the fixed fee for the procedures and services;

     (c) The proportion of that fee to be received by each collaborating party;

     (d) A statement, signed by the patient and a witness who is not one of the collaborating parties, that the patient voluntarily, knowingly and willingly desires the performance of the postoperative care by the collaborating optometrist;

     (e) A statement that the patient is entitled to return to the collaborating ophthalmologist for postoperative care at any time after the surgery; and

     (f) A statement which:

          (1) Indicates that the practice of optometry and ophthalmology are respectively regulated by the Nevada state board of optometry and the board of medical examiners; and

          (2) Contains the address and telephone number of each of those boards.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 5 through 9 and inserting:

“person who is not an optometrist or a health maintenance organization[.] , unless in accordance with section 1 of this act.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 3 through 7.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing an optometrist to collaborate with an ophthalmologist under certain conditions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Authorizes optometrist to collaborate with ophthalmologist under certain conditions. (BDR 54‑1280)”.