Expands the practice of optometry to include certain surgical procedures and injectable agents.
The bill amends the definition of the practice of optometry to include the use of injectable agents and surgical procedures for specific purposes. It allows optometrists to perform nonlaser surgeries such as eyelid and orbital surgeries, lacrimal system surgeries, and others. It also includes the administration of general anesthesia and the injection of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents into the eye. Certain procedures remain excluded from the scope of optometry practice.
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