HB 3167 - DIGEST

Requires all work performed by an ocularist and an apprentice ocularist to be performed on the premises of the operating business, or a branch office.

Requires the supervising ocularist to be present with the patient when any work is performed upon an existing custom impression-fitted plastic eye that is less than seven years old. The supervising ocularist must either be supervising the apprentice ocularist or performing the work in the presence of the patient.

Provides that the matching of the color of the remaining eye must be done in the presence of the patient and no sketches, drawings, or photographs may be used by an ocularist.