As a member of the American Optometric Association’s Board of Trustees, I full support the draft legislation, as presented without any changes.  Doctors of optometry have safely been performing these procedures since the 1990’s, with over 146,000 performed to date.  Optometric education, training and certification allows doctors of optometry to safely provide these in office treatment options for their patients and supports the regulation requirements of 2 proctored sessions per procedures. The presented regulations were developed with input from optometry and ophthalmology and should be supported as presented.