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  11:46 pm
Commenter: Stephen Hinkle, OD

Support Optometrists using lasers
 

As an optometrist, my first duties are to what is in the best interest of my patients. I feel every optometrist I know feels the same way I do. With that in mind, none of us would perform any procedure on any patient without adequate training and confidence and I feel lasers in optometry would be treated the same way. For that reason, I strongly support optometrists being allowed to use lasers.

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