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 Ended on 10/25/2024
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10/25/24  11:58 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Non MD/DO perform laser operation frequently across the country
 

Physician assistants and NP and sometimes even nurses. Some states even allow offsite and sometimes the physician doesn’t even have e to be onsite. Where are all headlines and uproars and about taking laser privileges away from these non-MD professionals across the the state’s. Where are all the medical harm and public health studies confirming that these non-doctors are doing to harm the safety of patients. Yet optometrist are doctors, learn 4 years dedicated to eye care and disease and even do in-person hands in training at schools of optometry for over a decade now. Yet someone it’s okay to allow non-doctors at all to administer difficult needles and lasers. 

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