MN SF1904

Expands automatic license denial and revocation provisions for physicians, chiropractors, and optometrists convicted of criminal sexual conduct offenses under Minnesota Statutes sections 609.342 to 609.345 to include specific offense paragraphs rather than only "felony-level" designations.

Establishes a rebuttable presumption process allowing boards to develop criteria for licensing individuals with prior criminal sexual conduct convictions, requiring minimum 10 years since sentence discharge and prohibiting consideration if victim was the applicant's patient or client at time of offense.

Modifies optometrist licensing requirements by eliminating the certificate system for legend drug use and instead requiring compliance with specified educational and clinical experience standards including 100 hours pharmacology study, two years supervised clinical experience or one year experience plus ten years clinical practice, and a standardized examination.

Sets specific fee caps for optometrist licensing, renewal, and related services (ranging from $10 to $160) and establishes comprehensive grounds for disciplinary action against optometrists including fraud, unprofessional conduct, criminal convictions, mental incompetency, sexual misconduct with patients, and advertising violations.

Creates new reporting requirements for hospitals and health care institutions to report optometrist disciplinary actions within 30 days, establishes immunity for good-faith reporters, and requires optometrist cooperation with board investigations including provision of de-identified patient records.