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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 19-1147

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Approval of Drugs Which May be Used by Certain Optometrists

[49 Pa.B. 3976]
[Saturday, July 27, 2019]

 Under the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act (63 P.S. §§ 244.1—244.12), as amended by the act of December 16, 2002 (P.L. 1950, No. 225) (Act 225), the Secretary of Health (Secretary) has the authority to approve drugs for use in the ''practice of optometry'' as defined in Act 225. The State Board of Optometry, through the Secretary of State, sent the Secretary a letter on April 2, 2019, and requested that the Secretary approve the use of the following drug. Act 225 requires that the Secretary, within 90 days of the receipt of the list of drugs, approve or disapprove for good cause each drug. The Secretary has found good cause to approve the use of the following drug in the practice of optometry:

Latanoprostene bunod ophthalmic solution, 0.024% (Vyzulta®)

 The approval of the use of this drug is effective upon publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape or Braille) should contact Linda Chamberlain, Acting Director, Bureau of Community Program Licensure and Certification, 555 Walnut Street, 7th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 736-7350, or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

RACHEL L. LEVINE, MD, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-1147. Filed for public inspection July 26, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]


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