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January 12, 2021
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The first day of 2021 rang in good news for optometrists in Massachusetts. A multi-faceted healthcare bill was signed into law that allows optometrists to prescribe topical medications for the treatment of glaucoma and to have authority to prescribe oral anti-infectives, moving the state in line with common optometric practice across the rest of the country. New England College of Optometry (NECO) along with many organizations, optometrists and students actively advocated for this important change.
“At NECO, our faculty attendings are trained to diagnose, monitor, and treat glaucoma and to teach our students to practice in any state. However in Massachusetts, optometrists were withheld from prescribing glaucoma drops, the most common treatment,” notes Gary Chu, OD, MPH, VP of Professional Affairs.