Today, the Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the
Kentucky Medical Association lodged a formal complaint with the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners (Board). The two organizations charge that the board and its task force violated Kentucky's
Open Meetings Act as it developed regulations for a new eye surgery law
that allows optometrists, who are not medical doctors, to perform
delicate eye surgery. A task force (initially identified by the board as
being appointed by the Governor) developed and the Board approved the
regulation for the training they believe is needed for optometrists.
They reportedly did so without following the tenets of the law, requiring open
meetings in order for debate and discussion to be held. Although the
Board stated in meeting minutes that the task force was appointed by the
Governor, the Governor's office today denied ever appointing such a
task force. Instead the Governor's office clarified that a task force
was appointed by the Kentucky Optometric Association, but that no
members of the task force were recommended or appointed by the Governor.
These developments add further uncertainty to how the regulation was
drafted. Read more.
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