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§ 244.4c. Approval of drugs

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: December 28, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 8. Optometry (Refs & Annos)
Optometric Practice and Licensure Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 28, 2020
63 P.S. § 244.4c
§ 244.4c. Approval of drugs
Currentness
Drugs shall be approved as follows:
(1) All drugs currently approved by the Secretary of Health and in use in the practice of optometry on the effective date of this section shall be deemed approved under this section.
(2), (3) Deleted by 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 1038, No. 99, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].
(4) On and after the effective date of this paragraph,1 the board may approve drugs for only topical or oral routes of administration, with the exception of drugs classified as chemotherapy drugs, for use in the practice of optometry after the drugs are approved by the Food and Drug Administration, as published in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Credits

1980, June 6, P.L. 197, No. 57, § 4.3, added 2002, Dec. 16, P.L. 1950, No. 225, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 1038, No. 99, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].

Footnotes

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Paragraph (4) was added by 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 1038, No. 99, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].
63 P.S. § 244.4c, PA ST 63 P.S. § 244.4c
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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