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California optometry board advances draft rule to allow radio‑frequency dry‑eye devices, with limits
Summary
The California State Board of Optometry voted to publish modified regulatory text for radio‑frequency devices used to treat dry‑eye disease and to seek 15‑day public comment. The change narrows permitted uses, specifies a frequency range, and requires temperature monitoring to rule out surgical RF devices.
The California State Board of Optometry on April 15 voted to send modified regulations on radio‑frequency devices used to treat dry‑eye disease out for a 15‑day public‑comment period, approving language that narrows the device uses, specifies a frequency range and requires temperature monitoring or temperature presets.
The board’s modified text replaces language about "heating the tissue" with language that explicitly limits the rule to devices "used for the purpose of treating dry eye disease or syndrome," and adds controls to ensure surface temperatures remain below limits intended to exclude devices that ablate tissue or are used as…
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