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Senate concurs with House amendments that expand in-office procedures optometrists may perform with certification
Summary
The Montana Senate voted to concur in House amendments to House Bill 218, updating optometry practice law to allow certain in-office surgical and laser procedures if the optometrist has completed accredited clinical training and board certification.
The Montana Senate on March 31 concurred in House amendments to House Bill 218, a measure that modernizes the statutory scope of optometry to permit specified in-office surgical and laser procedures when performed by optometrists who have completed accredited clinical training and received certification from the Montana Board of Optometry.
Senator (sponsor) Zollnikov told the Senate HB 218 was requested by Montana optometrists to update a roughly 25-year-old statute and to expand access to common, non–operating-room procedures in the front (anterior) segment of the eye. Sponsor remarks…
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