February 27, 2020
Y’all Politics – Optometrists seeking legislation to remove barriers on scope of practice
February 19, 2020
February 19, 2020
WLBT – New Bill Raises Surgical Safety
February 17, 2020
February 14, 2020
Idaho Press – Senate panel kills bill to let optometrists do some laser eye surgeries
February 14, 2020
February 13, 2020
Idaho Press – Senate committee sees no path forward in 2020 for laser eye surgery bill
February 13, 2020
Magic Valley – Guest opinion: HB 317 threatens patient safety
February 12, 2020
Magic Valley – Reader Comment: Optometry surgery bill is unacceptable
February 10, 2020
Idaho Statestman – Op-Ed – It’s up to Idaho Senate to stop dangerous eye surgeries
February 8, 2020
The Spokesman Review – Johanna Jensen: Eye surgery requires extensive, supervised training
February 7, 2020
February 7, 2020
Jackson Hole News and Guide – Legislature eyes new rules for optometrists
February 7, 2020
Wyoming News – Poll shows strong opposition to proposed law changing surgeon requirements
February 7, 2020
February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020
Idaho County Free Press – Idaho House approves bill that allows eye doctors to perform laser surgery
February 5, 2020
Magic Valley – House approves bill that allows eye doctors to perform laser surgery
February 5, 2020
Idaho Press – Controversial eye surgery bill clears House, 58-11
February 2, 2020
Magic Valley – Op-Ed – Letter to editor: Pros and cons of eye surgeries by optometrists
January 31, 2020
Meridian Star – Reject bill to allow optometrists to perform surgery
January 30, 2020
Idaho State Journal – Bill that would allow eye doctors to do laser surgery moves forward
January 28, 2020
January 23, 2020
Becker’s ASC Review – Idaho considers legislation to expand optometrist scope of practice
January 21, 2020
Invision – Idaho Considers Allowing ODs to Perform Laser Eye Surgery
January 21, 2020
East Idaho News – Bill would allow your optometrist to give you laser eye surgery
January 20, 2020
KTVB – Eye doctors see problem with proposed Idaho legislation
January 20, 2020
KTVB – Optometrist sees no issues with controversial Idaho eye doctor bill
December 27, 2019
Sweetwater Now – This New Year’s Eve Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out!
December 18, 2019
Oil City News – Make Sure Protective Eyewear is on Your Christmas Shopping List
October 23, 2019
Oil City News – As Halloween Approaches, FDA Cautions Against Colored Contacts
April 12, 2019
KSAT – Proposed state bill would allow optometrists more freedom; ophthalmologists disagree
March 12, 2019
Baxter Bulletin – Local eye surgeons wary of HB1251
February 20, 2019
Arkansas Online – Optometry bill falls short in committee
February 19, 2019
UA Little Rock Public Radio – House Committee Fails to Pass Bill That Expands the Practice of Optometry
February 18, 2019
Arkansas Online – Eye risk too great
February 8, 2019
Buckrail – Short-Cuts in Health Care Pose a Risk for Wyoming Patients
February 8, 2019
County 17 – Short-Cuts In Health Care Pose Real Risks For Wyoming Patients With Senate File 55
February 6, 2019
Jackson Hole News and Guide – Legislature eyes new rules for optometrists
January 28, 2019
KATV – Proposed legislation pits optometrists against ophthalmologists in Arkansas
January 23, 2019
FOX 16 – Arkansas Lawmakers Don’t See Eye to Eye on Bill to Expand Procedures to Optometrists
January 22, 2019
TALK BUSINESS – The eyes have it: ophthalmologists vs. optometrists at the state capitol
April 8, 2018
Daily Herald – Illinois doctors oppose expanding procedures to optometrists
January 24, 2018
WRIC – Va. bill would broaden scope of practice for optometrists
June 25, 2017
Greensboro News and Record – Eye surgery bill would be dangerous medicine
April 12, 2017
Florida Politics – A dangerous consequence of Florida’s Eyeball Wars; throwing gasoline on the state’s wildfire opioid crisis
April 11, 2017
STARNEWS – Leave Eye Surgery to Ophthalmologists
April 8, 2017
Winston Salem Journal – Dr. Susan Burden: Leave eye surgery to trained surgeons
March 29, 2017
Sunshine State News – Non-doctors in Florida Lobby for OK to Perform Eye Surgery
March 28, 2017
Sunshine State News – Eye Specialists Are Secretly Selling Patients, Critics Say
March 27, 2017
Sunshine State News – Record Sums Pour In, As Optometrists Ready For Big Fight in Tallahassee
March 22, 2017
The News & Observer – Leave Eye Surgery to the Ophthalmologists
January 24, 2017
Florida Politics – JAMA study shows research not on optometrists’ side in Eyeball Wars