Tag: optometry
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Watching 3-D movies may strain eyes but doesn’t harm them and can help detect vision impairment, optometrists say
With summer blockbusters set to be released in the coming months, the Kentucky Optometric Association says watching 3-D movies is not harmful to eyes, but can cause eye strain and...
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New Kentucky optometry law prompting legislators in other states to consider same or similar changes
Now that Kentucky lawmakers have allowed optometrists to expand their scope of care, legislators in Nebraska, South Carolina and Texas may follow suit. They are looking at legislation that would allow...
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Beshear signs first bill of session; optometrists will benefit
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed legislation that will significantly increase the scope of care optometrists can provide, making it the first bill to become law in this session of the...
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Optometrists, ophthalmologists debate bill on TV after its passage
The bill to let optometrists perform some procedures now done legally only by ophthalmologists has passed both houses and is on the governor’s desk, but members of both professions are...
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Optometrists’ well-financed bill is first to clear General Assembly
The bill that would significantly increase the care optometrists can provide passed the House Friday morning by a 81-14 vote. The bill, which now heads to Gov. Steve Beshear’s desk,...
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Bill to expand optometrists’ scope of care, aided by political money, continues rapid progression through General Assembly
A bill that would considerably expand optometrists’ scope of care cleared the House Licensing and Occupations Committee in an hour-long meeting this afternoon, the latest move in its speedy progression...
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Senate quickly passes bill to allow optometrists to perform minor surgical procedures; ophthalmologists say that would be risky
“The Senate approved a bill Friday to allow optometrists to perform some surgical procedures on the eye and eyelid, brushing aside warnings from medical doctors who said optometrists are not...