HB 1006 Summary

• Authorizes optometrists to prescribe, dispense, and administer controlled substances in addition to legend drugs, with formulas designating independent and dependent prescribing categories.

• Repeals licensing laws for beauty culture (cosmetologists and barbers), dietitians, hearing aid dealers, and private investigator firms and security guards, effective July 1, 2012.

• Makes conforming amendments across multiple Indiana Code sections to remove references to repealed occupational licensing boards and professions.

• Removes dietitian references from health care provider definitions and occupational licensing lists throughout the code.

• Allows hearing aid dealers to continue fitting and dispensing hearing aids without state registration under repealed IC 25-20.