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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As optometrists gain more scope of practice rights throughout the country and are employed by ophthalmic ...

Optometrists provide most of the primary vision care that people need. They examine, diagnose, treat, and manage eye diseases and disorders. Traditionally, they prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, ...

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 ...

Our team of physicians are board-certified and have specialized fellowship training in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. Together, they provide the safest and most effective procedures tailored ...

The Idaho Legislature is considering a proposal to allow optometrists to do surgical procedures that only doctors are now allowed to perform. Supporters say the bill would bring health care to rural ...

Dale Tosland is an optometrist practicing in Olympia. He is Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry and President-Elect of the Optometric Physicians of Washington. Courtesy of Dale Tosland This ...

Kentucky optometry board gets one green light, one caution flag from state attorney general on licensure questions.

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 ...

The Illinois Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons opposes a proposal that would allow optometrists to perform "low-risk" advanced procedures, according to The Bellingham Herald. Here are five things ...