Virginia’s Optometrists are properly and highly trained to perform these laser procedures. The draft regulations provide the appropriate measures needed to regulate Virginia licensed Optometrist who wish to perform these ophthalmic laser procedures while protecting the interest of the public.

I support passage of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry's  Laser and Surgical Procedures Examination as a certying mechanism, or a course approved by the Virginia optometric licensing board to be evidence of appropriate didactic and clinical laser surgery training.