As a physician who performs laser surgery, I can attest to the seriousness and complexity of performing laser surgery. Ophthalmologists spend 4 years in medical school plus another minimum of 4 years training under supervision to diagnosis and treat medical diseases of the eye. Laser surgery can be blinding if performed in unskilled hands. The idea of only doing a training module or practicing on a model eye prior to undertaking this serious procedure is unconscionable. Think about your own mother… you would never want her to undergo a potentially blinding procedure by an untrained/undertrained professional. Optometrists are a critical part of our healthcare system, screening our community for medical diseases that affect the eye and keeping our communities seeing well. But they are not trained to provide medical, and certainly not trained to provide surgical, care for our patients. This is an incredibly dangerous precedent to set. I strongly urge you to vote NO.