Board president resigns amid questions about some Kentucky optometrists’ licenses - Kentucky Lantern

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[Jeffery Yunker]

The author of the article summarizes the actions of the Kentucky Board quite well. Perhaps we should just eliminate standardized, validated National Board examinations altogether and assume all graduates of an accredited college of optometry are competent. Then we should just eliminate the State Boards of Optometry because we know that the public will be protected if an optometry degree has been granted (State Board will no longer have a purpose). And while we are at it, let's increase optometry admissions to 100% of applicants (currently 1.1/1).

Once again, the self interests of a few optometrists' cast a pall over the entire profession. I love this profession, but this makes me sad and deeply concerned for the future.

For full disclosure I am a past State of ND Board president and the immediate past ARBO president.

 

[Mike Alvarez]

let's increase optometry admissions to 100% of applicants (currently 1.1/1).

How can they keep opening new schools when this number clearly shows we already have too many.

 

[Michael Barris]

The author of the article summarizes the actions of the Kentucky Board quite well. Perhaps we should just eliminate standardized, validated National Board examinations altogether and assume all graduates of an accredited college of optometry are competent. Then we should just eliminate the State Boards of Optometry because we know that the public will be protected if an optometry degree has been granted (State Board will no longer have a purpose). And while we are at it, let's increase optometry admissions to 100% of applicants (currently 1.1/1).

Once again, the self interests of a few optometrists' cast a pall over the entire profession. I love this profession, but this makes me sad and deeply concerned for the future.

For full disclosure I am a past State of ND Board president and the immediate past ARBO president.

Consider the issue of states' rights.

 

[Clarence Widmann]

Consider the issue of states' rights.

The states certainly have a right to make the licensing requirements whatever they want but it is my understanding of the situation that KY requires all three parts of the NBEO but the Board took it upon itself to make exceptions without first changing the law.