California Could Revisit Rules on Glaucoma Treatment
In a Nov. 10 letter, California Department of Consumer Affairs Director Brian Stiger asked the state Board of Optometry to reconsider regulations that permit optometrists to treat glaucoma patients. The rules are at the center of a turf battle between optometrists and ophthalmologists in California.
- "State Eyeballs Backtracking on Correa's Optometry Law" (Joseph, "OC Watchdog," Orange County Register, 11/17).