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, therefore should be supported as presented.
As an optometric physician practicing in Florida I see patients from all over the country. Many from states where optometric laser procedures are performed and never observed a single complication from those treatments.