The Kansas Board of Examiners in Optometry approved several licensing items during its April 1, 2025 meeting, including a new trade name application for an optometrist, a trade-name transfer, and a set of reciprocity license approvals.

At the start of the meeting the board considered a trade-name application associated with optometrist Dr. (first name not specified) Juneman (applicant). After a private attorney‑client executive session, the board approved the trade name application for the entity to operate as "TM Eye Associates LLC." Board legal counsel Tim Raister explained the revised trade-name application and described the proposed ownership structure, which the transcript records as a two‑member professional LLC between Dr. Juneman and Trusted Medical LLC, an entity indicated to be owned by a Kansas physician (referred to in the record as Dr. Carr). Trusted Medical’s attorney Alex Schulz participated by phone and described the planned limit on public advertising: he said any outreach would be “limited to, basically, veterans who need these assessments.” Dr. Juneman told the board she would perform compensation and pension (C&P) examinations for veterans and said the exams would be in‑person and would not include treatment; she said, “I would be part owner in this company, and I would be doing the optometry side.”

The board then approved a trade-name transfer of "Kansas City Vision Performance Center" from one practitioner to another (the transcript identifies the receiving practitioner as Dr. Weiss). The board also approved reciprocity applications and granted Kansas licenses to a group of applicants who applied by reciprocity. The transcript names the reciprocity grantees as Kimberly Dittmore, Kathleen Wilmes, (first name) Everson, Melissa Kramer and Ali Moody. During the reciprocity discussion board members confirmed continuing education (CE) requirements for reciprocity applicants; the transcript records the CE requirement discussed as 48 hours for reciprocity applicants.

Procedural notes: the board voted to enter an executive session for attorney‑client privilege when discussing Dr. Juneman’s application; that session is recorded as beginning at 08:45 and ending at 09:00 in the meeting record. After returning the board made the trade‑name approval motion and announced that the motion passed.

Votes at a glance (actions recorded in meeting):
- Approve trade name: TM Eye Associates LLC (applicant Dr. Juneman) — motion passed after executive session (motion text in record: approval of the revised trade-name application).
- Approve trade-name transfer: Kansas City Vision Performance Center (transfer to Dr. Weiss) — motion passed.
- Approve reciprocity licenses: Kimberly Dittmore — approved; Kathleen Wilmes — approved; (first name) Everson — approved; Melissa Kramer — approved; Ali Moody — approved.
- Motion to go into executive session (attorney‑client privilege) regarding Dr. Juneman’s application — motion passed; executive session started and later the board returned and voted on the application.

The transcript records no roll‑call vote tallies attached to these motions; votes were announced by voice as "aye" with the chair declaring the motions passed. Where precise vote counts or named individual vote records were not given in the transcript, this article reports only the motions and the board’s announced outcomes.

The board did not publish details of an operating/management agreement for the Juneman‑associated practice at the time of approval; Juneman and Trusted Medical’s attorney said the final contract and operating agreement remained to be completed only after board approval of the trade name. The board’s legal counsel confirmed the structure described to the board was that one member owner would be the Kansas‑licensed optometrist and the other member would be a professional LLC (Trusted Medical LLC) owned by a Kansas physician.

The board’s meeting record shows these items were considered on April 1, 2025 and that approvals were announced publicly during the meeting.