Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Optometry
 
chapter
Regulations of the Virginia Board of Optometry [18 VAC 105 ‑ 20]
Action Regulations for laser surgery certifications
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ends 10/25/2024
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9/20/24  2:50 pm
Commenter: Lisa V. Gontarek, OD

Support in office lasers by doctors of optometry as presented
 

Please support the draft regulations that were developed from a regulatory advisory panel that included input from both optometrists and ophthalmologists. No changes.

More than 146,000 of these laser procedures have been performed by optometrists across the country and Virginia optometrists are trained to perform these procedures as well.

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