2006 Kansas Code - 74-1505

      74-1505.   Interprofessional advisory committee; appointment; duties. (a) No later than 30 days following the effective date of this act, the board shall appoint a seven-member committee to be known as the interprofessional advisory committee which, subject to approval of the board, shall have general responsibility for the establishment, review and monitoring of the procedures for co-management by optometrists and ophthalmologists of adult open-angle glaucoma.

      (b)   The interprofessional advisory committee shall consist of one member of the board appointed by the board who shall serve as a nonvoting chair, together with three optometrists licensed to practice optometry in this state chosen by the board from those nominated by the Kansas optometric association and three ophthalmologists licensed to practice in this state chosen by the board from those nominated by the Kansas medical society and the Kansas association of osteopathic medicine. The Kansas optometric association and Kansas medical society shall submit six nominees to the board. The Kansas association of osteopathic medicine shall submit two nominees to the board. Persons appointed to the committee shall serve terms of three years and without compensation. All expenses of the committee shall be paid by the board.

      (c)   The committee shall submit recommendations to the board on the following:

      (1)   An ongoing quality assessment program including the monitoring and review of co-management of patients pursuant to subsection (d) of K.S.A. 65-1505 and amendments thereto;

      (2)   requirements for the education and clinical training necessary for glaucoma licensure, which shall be submitted to the board within 90 days following appointment;

      (3)   criteria for evaluating the training or experience acquired in other states by applicants for glaucoma licensure;

      (4)   requirements for annual reporting during a glaucoma licensee's co-management period to the committee and the board which shall be submitted to the board within 90 days following appointment;

      (5)   the classes and mix of patients either suspected of having or diagnosed as having adult open-angle glaucoma who may be included in the number of co-management cases required by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 65-1505 and amendments thereto, which shall be submitted to the board within 90 days following appointment; and

      (6)   requirements for annual continuing education by glaucoma licensees.

      (d)   After considering the recommendations of the committee pursuant to subparagraph (c), the board shall proceed to adopt procedures to confirm that each applicant has completed the requirements for glaucoma licensure.

      (e)   The interprofessional advisory committee shall also review the educational and clinical prerequisites of optometrists to use oral pharmaceutical drugs and identify those classes of oral pharmaceutical drugs which are effective treatments for ocular diseases and conditions.

      (f)   The interprofessional advisory committee shall review the advisability of expanding the scope of practice of optometrists to prescribe certain oral drugs for ocular conditions for children under six years of age.

      (g)   The interprofessional advisory committee shall review new classes of drugs with ocular uses and advise the Kansas state board of examiners in optometry about such drugs.

      (h)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to the optometry law.

      History:   L. 1996, ch. 95, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 23, § 10; L. 2005, ch. 93, § 4; July 1.