Optometrists are lobbying for more leeway to treat patients and physicians' groups are pushing back. But it's more than a turf war, both sides say, as they explain why patients' vision is at stake.
Optometrists are lobbying for more leeway to treat patients and physicians' groups are pushing back. But it's more than a turf war, both sides say, as they explain why patients' vision is at stake.
Optometrists are lobbying for more leeway to treat patients and physicians' groups are pushing back. But it's more than a turf war, both sides say, as they explain why patients' vision is at stake.
California governor Gavin Newsome recently vetoed legislation opposed by ophthalmologists that would have allowed optometrists to perform laser and scalpel eye surgeries.