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Ophthalmologists and optometrists clash over H.1362 definition of 'invasive surgical procedures'
Summary
Ophthalmologists urged passage of H.1362 to align Massachusetts law with surgical definitions used by medical colleges and protect patient safety for laser and other eye surgeries; optometry representatives warned the bill’s language could be read broadly to restrict noninvasive diagnostic and therapeutic tools used safely by optometrists.
Physician and optometry witnesses clashed over H.1362, legislation that would define "invasive surgical procedures" in state law — an issue that local ophthalmologists said is necessary to protect patients undergoing eye surgery and that optometrists warned could be read so broadly it would curtail standard…
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