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Optometry board urges expanded scope; lawmaker questions board lobbying role
Summary
The Minnesota Board of Optometry told the committee it seeks statutory changes to expand clinical procedures allowed under state law; Representative Liebling criticized the board for advocating scope expansions while the board's stated mission is regulatory oversight.
Bridal Heglin, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Optometry, told the Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 3 that Minnesota’s optometry scope is narrower than neighboring states and that past legislation to expand procedural authority failed to advance. She said the proposals would align Minnesota with peer states and noted many graduates…
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