The Kansas State Board of Examiners in Optometry approved the trade name TMI Associates LLC for Dr. Juneman’s proposed professional limited liability company after a closed attorney–client session and a public vote.

Board members reviewed a revised trade-name application and related documents, including a request for a certificate of good standing and proposed articles of organization for a professional LLC. Dr. Juneman told the board the practice would perform compensation and pension (C&P) eye exams for veterans — examinations that document existing eye conditions (for example, dry eye, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy) for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — and would not provide treatment or alter patients’ care plans. “I will not be performing any treatment or education or diagnosing any new conditions,” Dr. Juneman said. “If there are any concerns I have, I direct them back to their current providers.”

The board discussed the proposed business structure. Tim Raister, legal counsel to the board, described the plan as a two-member professional LLC consisting of Dr. Juneman and Trusted Medical LLC, an entity wholly owned by a Kansas-licensed physician identified in filings as Dr. Carr. Alex Schulte, attorney for Trusted Medical, said the clinic may advertise to veterans who need C&P assessments but that services would be limited to C&P exams. Dr. Juneman said the Manhattan location is not a VA facility, that all patient encounters would be in person, and that she currently has no finalized contract with the company and would become a partial owner only after the board approves the trade name.

Board members sought clarity about control of clinical decisions and the role of any management company. “There’s going to be no management company,” Raister told the board, summarizing communications with the applicant’s counsel. The board also confirmed Dr. Juneman intends to perform full examinations (visual acuity, slit lamp, dilation when needed, visual fields) and to rely in part on prior records supplied by a veteran’s treating providers.

After a 13-minute executive session for attorney–client privilege, the board returned to the public meeting and voted to approve the trade name. A board member moved to approve TMI Associates LLC; a second was offered and the motion carried. The president announced, “Your trade name has been approved.” Dr. Juneman thanked the board.

What the approval does and does not do: the vote authorized the trade name for the professional LLC; it did not finalize or approve any professional services contract between Dr. Juneman and Trusted Medical, and Dr. Juneman said no contract had been executed. The board discussed oversight limits: Dr. Juneman said she would document conditions and refer treatment questions to patients’ existing providers, not provide treatment or follow-up care as part of the C&P service.

The board record shows the approval followed normal trade-name procedures, including review of the revised application and supporting corporate documents. The board did not adopt or change statute or regulation during the discussion. The applicant and her counsel were reminded that further corporate or operating agreements, and any change in ownership or practice model, must be disclosed to the board if they affect professional supervision or practice structure.