Revision: Feb. 1, 2024, 8:50 a.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
January 31, 2024
2024-0397s
09/10
Amendment to SB 440
Amend RSA 327:1, IV(b) as inserted by section 6 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
(b) Shall not mean the following ophthalmic surgery procedures, except for the preoperative and postoperative care, of:
(1) The following procedures:
(A) Retina laser procedures.
(B) Penetrating keratoplasty or corneal transplant.
(C) The administration of general anesthesia.
(D) Surgery done with general anesthesia.
(E) Laser or non-laser procedures into the vitreous chamber of the eye to treat any retinal or macular disease.
(F) Laser-assisted in situ keratomileus, photorefractive keratectomy, laser epithelial keratomileusis, or any forms of refractive surgery.
(2) The following non-laser surgical procedures:
(A) Surgery related to removal of the eye from a living human being.
(B) Surgery requiring full thickness incision or excision of the cornea or sclera other than paracentesis in an emergency situation requiring immediate reduction of the pressure inside the eye.
(C) Surgery requiring incision of the iris and ciliary body, including diathermy or cryotherapy.
(D) Surgery requiring incision of the vitreous.
(E) Surgery requiring incision of the retina.
(F) Surgical extraction of the crystalline lens.
(G) Surgical intraocular implants.
(H) Incisional or excisional surgery of the extraocular muscles.
(I) Surgery of the eyelid for suspect malignancies or for incisional cosmetic or mechanical repair of blepharochalasis, ptosis, and tarsorrhaphy.
(J) Surgery of the bony orbit, including orbital implants.
(K) Incisional or excisional surgery of the lacrimal system other than probing or related procedures.
(L) Surgery requiring full thickness conjunctivoplasty with graft or flap.
(M) Pterygium surgery.