I am writing you as a concerned citizen in the Commonwealth. I just learned that the
General Assembly and Governor passed a law allowing non-surgeons to operate, and
that the Board of Optometry is about to allow non-surgeons to perform laser surgeries
on eyes after no hands-on training.

I disappointed and concerned that our government would make such a decision
regarding our eyes' health. We have only have two of them and need to make sure that the most highly trained surgeons only are allowed to operate on them.

Please do everything you can to ensure the highest standards of care for our eye health as possible in Virginia. If we have to live under this bad (in my opinion) law, please make the regulations as close as possible to the current surgeons’ requirements, such as requiring all
optometrists to have proctored live cases prior to being allowed to operate on us.

From a very concerned citizen,

Brian Brandenburg