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ODs Can Do Surgery in OK
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2004-11-09, 11:09 am |
| The regulation granting optometrists surgical benefits, which was
approved by the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry last month,
received the governor’s signature on Oct. 29, according to news
sources.
Oklahoma is now the only state in the nation that allows health
practitioners who are not medical or osteopathic doctors to perform
scalpel eye surgery.
Expect the ophthalmologists to pull out all the stops.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| Dr. Leukoma 2004-11-09, 7:12 pm |
| Glenn - USAEyes.org <glenn.hageleSTOPSPAM@USAEyes.org> wrote in
news:r5s1p0ped7iobisttuif913mh8i4fshav9@4ax.com:
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> Expect the ophthalmologists to pull out all the stops.
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What, are they going to drop the MOAB on OK?
DrG
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2004-11-09, 7:12 pm |
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>What, are they going to drop the MOAB on OK?
But would anyone notice? Just kidding Oklahomans. 8^)
The recent exclusion of optometrists from conventions of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology and restrictions on ODs at the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons are a direct result of
this legislation. I expect these groups to use their vast resources
to inundate the Oklahoma legislature with lobbying efforts and mount a
public relations campaign to turn OK citizens against optometrists
doing surgery. In the 20+ years I've been involved in healthcare,
I've never seen two groups more angry at each other.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| Ragnar Suomi 2004-11-09, 10:08 pm |
| Scalpel eye surgery? Like what? My understanding is that while they
are legally allowed to perform PRK and intralase LASIK, they can't use
any blade. And also, I don't think they actually do surgeries in OK
even though they can legally. There is too much expense, supervision,
and red-tape involved.
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:45:36 GMT, Glenn - USAEyes.org
<glenn.hageleSTOPSPAM@USAEyes.org> wrote:
>The regulation granting optometrists surgical benefits, which was
>approved by the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry last month,
>received the governor’s signature on Oct. 29, according to news
>sources.
>
>Oklahoma is now the only state in the nation that allows health
>practitioners who are not medical or osteopathic doctors to perform
>scalpel eye surgery.
>
>Expect the ophthalmologists to pull out all the stops.
>
>Glenn Hagele
>Executive Director
>Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
>
>Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
>
>http://www.USAEyes.org
>http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
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>I am not a doctor.
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