SB 492 (Optometrist Scope Bill) Eliminated from Legislative Session SFMS/CMA has successfully quashed a scope-of-practice bill (SB 492) that originally would have allowed optometrists to perform scalpel and laser surgical eye procedures and medication injections. August 25, 2014 Advocacy, CMA optometrists, scope of practice, SB 492 0 0 Comment Read More »
Cascade of Bills Out of Appropriations; Many Due for Floor Votes This Week The Assembly and Senate appropriations committees last week approved hundreds of bills for floor votes, including dozens of bills impacting health care in 2014. August 19, 2014 Advocacy, Health Care Reform, News legislative update, SB 492 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Update: SB 492 (Optometry Scope of Practice) SB 492 (Hernandez) moved out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday, only after the CMA advocacy team successfully stripped the most egregious language from the bill. However, SB 492 will still allow Optometrists to administer flu and shingles vaccines. August 15, 2014 Advocacy, CMA Scope of practice, optometry, SB 492, scalpel surgery 0 0 Comment Read More »
Significant Progress Made on Scope of Practice Bills SFMS/CMA have made some success neutralizing the three "scope-of-practice" bills that were introduced in the 2013 legislative session. August 12, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, News SB 492, SB 493, Scope of practice, SB 491 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Senate Passes Two Bills That Would Expand Scope of Practice; Bills May Potentially Endanger Patient Safety The California Senate passed SB491 and SB492 that aim to expand certain health care providers' scope of practice as a means to address California's primary care physician shortage. SFMS and CMA strongly oppose these bills because they set a dangerous precedent of allowing non-physicians to practice medicine without being subject to the Medical Practice Act (MPA), which regulates the practice of medicine and in which violations may result in the loss of a medical license and possibly criminal prosecution. May 29, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Health Care Reform, Politics and Medicine, Primary Care SB 492, SB 493, Scope of practice, SB 491, SFMS Advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
