Should non-medical doctors be allowed to perform eye surgery? Vermont lawmakers weigh in - vtdigger.org

Optometrists, the primary care providers of the eye world, are asking for the right to perform some superficial surgeries in Vermont. Their medical counterparts, ophthalmologists, argue these non-medical practitioners don’t have the skills or training needed to conduct these procedures safely.
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Above is a piece from the article. Same old school nonsense. The legislators are seeing through it now. This non-medical attachment to our beautiful name...optometry is what irks me.