HB 2106 - DIGEST

     Establishes a formal process under which questions involving new technological developments relating to the practice of vision care by licensed optometrists and board-certified ophthalmologists may be reviewed in an objective setting.

     Establishes a vision care clinical technology committee within the department of health which shall meet at the request of the secretary of health, or on the call of the secretary upon a joint request from the chairs of the board of optometry and medical quality assurance commission, to review questions involving clinical practice raised by new technological developments in the field of vision care, related to regulatory issues involving scope of practice parameters or other issues of mutual concern.