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  9:36 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Less training = unsafe
 

increasing access to care should not put patients at risk. Optometrist are not physicians and are not surgeons. They should not be able to become surgeons through paperwork without five years of surgical residency training as is the standard for the rest of the medical field. Please stop taking physicians for granted and value the work we put into helping patients the right way. 

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