Eye doctors are in a big fight at the New Hampshire State House over who can perform certain laser procedures to treat ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In January, the New Hampshire Senate received SB 440, a bill that would expand optometry’s scope of practice in ...

The three laser and eyelid procedures included in Senate Bill 36 are well within the scope of optometric education and training. Without the ability to practice at full scope, the number of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Proposed legislation in Wyoming would allow certain noninvasive procedures within the optometry scope of ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A battle between optometrists and ophthalmologists over the kinds of eye surgery that can be performed in Oklahoma played out in the state Legislature on Wednesday. The House and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Many Illinois doctors are arguing that the state’s optometrists shouldn’t be allowed to perform procedures that are surgical in nature. The Department of Financial and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A proposal put forth by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulations seeks to allow optometrists to perform “low-risk” optometric procedures. This legislature ...

Patients’ health would be put at risk if optometrists in Illinois are successful in their quest for state approval to remove benign nodules and lesions, drain cysts and take tissue samples on the eyes ...

Imagine finding a small bump on your eyelid and asking the optometrist you’ve seen for the last decade to check it out. You’re told it’s benign and removal is relatively simple. Your relief doesn’t ...