HB-6139, As Passed House, June 22, 2006
June 7, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Ball and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 17411 and 17421 (MCL 333.17411 and 333.17421),
section 17421 as amended by 1993 PA 79.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17411. (1) A person shall not engage in the practice of
optometry except as authorized by this article.
(2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination
thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are
restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part
to use the terms and in a way prescribed by this part: "doctor of
optometry", "optometrist", and "o.d.".
Sec. 17421. (1) The Michigan board of optometry is created in
the department and shall consist of the following 9 voting members
who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 5 optometrists and 4
public members.
(2) The terms of office of individual members of the board
created under subsection (1), except those appointed to fill
vacancies, expire 4 years after the appointment on June 30 of the
year in which the term expires.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6147(request no.
05150'05) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.