Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In January, the New Hampshire Senate received SB 440, a bill that would expand optometry’s scope of practice in ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A battle between optometrists and ophthalmologists over the kinds of eye surgery that can be performed in Oklahoma played out in the state Legislature on Wednesday. The House and ...

Imagine finding a small bump on your eyelid and asking the optometrist you’ve seen for the last decade to check it out. You’re told it’s benign and removal is relatively simple. Your relief doesn’t ...

Optometrists in Kansas are now permitted to perform some laser surgeries under a bill signed by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on ...

The UAB School of Optometry’s Policies and Procedures provide students, faculty, and staff with easy access to the standards, responsibilities, and operational guidelines that support our academic and ...

A bill before lawmakers could change what optometrists are allowed to do. LD 1803 would amend Maine law and provide a more ...

The Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation by a vote of 80 to 7 that supporters said "will improve access for patients to eye care, strengthen rural eye care and better ...

This past November, a patient asked optometrist Kaitlin Soracco to remove a bulge of skin on her eyelid. Such skin tags can be excised right there in the office using procedures Soracco studied and ...

A battle between optometrists and ophthalmologists over the kinds of eye surgery that can be performed in Oklahoma played out in the state Legislature on Wednesday. The House and Senate both approved ...