MD's Fighting OD's Expanding Scope of Practice

"Ophthalmologists should form a united front to resist powerful efforts being mounted by optometric groups to expand scope of practice privileges, a speaker said." That's the report from the OSNSuperSite. "At the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting in Boston, David W. Parke II, MD, CEO and executive vice president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, urged colleagues to participate in ongoing efforts to block the passage of state legislation designed to expand the scope of practice for optometry. Since 1999, the AAO and various ophthalmic subspecialty societies have defeated scope of practice bills in 28 states. Two states, Kentucky and Oklahoma, have laws that expand scope of practice, Dr. Parke said." Read more.