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Eye on Advocacy
News and views on the regulatory, legislative and political issues impacting ophthalmology in Washington, D.C., and around the United States. Articles featured in the Academy's weekly Washington Report Express email newsletter.
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Nebraska and Mississippi in Play as Optometrists Continue Aggressive Scope Expansion Campaign

JAN 23, 2020 in Scope of Practice

Two more states added to the national list of states where high surgical standards are threatened.

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Independent Government Body in Vermont Rejects Rationale for Optometric Surgery

JAN 23, 2020 in Scope of Practice

The state’s Office of Professional Regulation was tasked by the legislature to “evaluate the safety and public health needs of enlarging the scope of practice of optometrists to include advanced procedures.”

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Idaho Optometrists Introduce Surgery Legislation

JAN 16, 2020 in Scope of Practice

Academy joins fight against proposal that would add hundreds of procedures to optometry’s scope of practice.

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11 States in Optometry’s Immediate Crosshairs with State Legislatures Kicking Off 2020 Sessions

JAN 09, 2020 in Scope of Practice

It’s already shaping up to be a busy year full of threats to high surgical standards across the U.S.

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South Dakota Success! Board of Optometry Withdraws Surgery Request

OCT 31, 2019 in Scope of Practice

The derailed proposal would have added intense pulsed light therapy and Maskin probing to the optometric scope of practice.

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Optometry Telegraphs Tennessee Scope Grab Via $25,000 Political Contribution

OCT 03, 2019 in Scope of Practice

You can help counter this effort with an immediate Surgical Scope Fund contribution.

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Nebraska Victorious: Ophthalmologists Preserve State’s Patient Safety and Surgical Standards

JUN 13, 2019 in Scope of Practice

Optometrists cannot continue to rely on the misguided, but frequently cited claim that there aren’t enough ophthalmologists to serve patients in rural states.

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Success in Alabama: Ophthalmologists Preserve State’s Patient Safety and Surgical Standards

JUN 06, 2019 in Scope of Practice

Optometrists sought hundreds of surgical procedures, along with authority to determine their own scope.

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Patient Story Helps Texas Ophthalmologists Defeat Dangerous Optometric Scope Expansion Attempt

MAY 30, 2019 in Scope of Practice

The Academy supported the efforts of the Texas Ophthalmological Association and Texas Medical Association to prevent optometrists from adding hundreds of scalpel and laser eye surgeries to their surgical scope.

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Victory in Vermont and Iowa! Ophthalmologists Derail Optometric Attempts for Surgery and Injections

MAY 16, 2019 in Scope of Practice

State societies do the heavy lifting as our profession succeeds in two efforts to preserve high surgical standards across the U.S.

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