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AZ SB1008

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

John Kavanagh

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Establishes a two-year validity period for ophthalmic lens prescriptions (other than contact lenses) issued by physicians and optometrists in Arizona.

  • Allows prescribers to specify shorter validity periods when medically necessary due to the patient's age or medical/ocular condition.

  • Applies to physicians under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32, Chapter 13 (physicians and surgeons).

  • Applies to optometrists under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32, Chapter 16 (optometry).

  • Applies to other qualified prescribers under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32, Chapter 17 (physician assistants or similar providers).

Legislative Description

Eyeglasses; prescriptions

Prescriptions

Last Action

Senate RAGE Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0)

1/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/14/2025
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency1/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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