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NC Considers Whether It Could Train (And Retain) Its Own Optometrists - WUNC

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NC Considers Whether It Could Train (And Retain) Its Own Optometrists
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North Carolina's proposed budget includes a request for public and private university networks to study the feasibility of creating at least one optometry school in the state. Aspiring optometrists currently have to leave North Carolina for their education.


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By the articles account NC needs 13 more schools to meet the eyecare demands in NC. Why do they not allow reciprocal license if there is a shortage? So hypocritical, the whole US it seems.

here is the continued reading.. http://wunc.org/post/nc-considers-whether-it-could-train-and-retain-its-own-optometrists
 
The article states 12 NC counties lacking an OD. A quick google search of one of these counties, Burke County, shows 4 ODs, and a few just outside the county line.

Sketchy info.
 
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