BEFORE THE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY

                                   DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

                                                       STATE OF MONTANA

 

In the matter of the amendment of ARM 24.168.402 licensure requirements, 24.168.406 military training or experience, 24.168.411 general practice requirements, 24.168.2301 unprofessional conduct, and 24.168.2307 screening panel, and the repeal of 24.168.711 ophthalmological diagnostic permissible drugs

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CORRECTED NOTICE OF AMENDMENT AND REPEAL

 

TO: All Concerned Persons

 

            1. On September 8, 2017, the Board of Optometry published MAR Notice No. 24-168-43 regarding the public hearing on the proposed amendment and repeal of the above-stated rules, at page 1474 of the 2017 Montana Administrative Register, Issue No. 17. On February 9, 2018, the board published the notice of amendment and repeal at page 307 of the 2018 Montana Administrative Register, Issue No. 3.

 

            2. In preparing replacement pages for the first quarter of 2018, it was discovered that one occurrence of the term "chairperson" was overlooked when the board amended to the correct statutory term "board president" in this rule.  The rule as amended in corrected form reads as follows, deleted matter interlined, new matter underlined:

 

            24.168.2307 SCREENING PANEL (1) The board screening panel shall consist of three board members including the optometrist board member who has served longest on the board, and the public member of the board. The board president may reappoint screening panel members, or replace screening panel members as necessary at the chairperson's board president's discretion.

 

	BOARD OF OPTOMETRY DOUG KIMBALL, O.D., PRESIDENT
/s/ DARCEE L. MOE Darcee L. Moe Rule Reviewer	/s/ GALEN HOLLENBAUGH Galen Hollenbaugh, Commissioner DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

 

            Certified to the Secretary of State February 13, 2018.