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Contested bill to modernize optometry licensing draws support from colleges, opposition from physicians
Summary
New England College of Optometry faculty, students and practicing optometrists supported an update to optometry licensing statutes to consolidate licensure tiers and modernize archaic language; the Massachusetts Medical Society warned against use of the term 'optometric physician' and scope ambiguity.
Optometrists, college faculty and students asked the Joint Committee on Public Health to issue a favorable report on legislation that would modernize optometry licensing language and consolidate multiple licensure tiers. Dr. Jennifer D'Amico, an optometrist and professor, said the bill updates archaic requirements, replaces gendered and outdated language and merges four licensing tiers into a single…
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