About the POA

• POA Board of Directors & Staff
• POA Code of Ethics
• Membership Dues and Benefits
• Awards Program

The Pennsylvania Optometric Association office is located in Harrisburg.

The Pennsylvania Optometric Association is the professional organization for over 1,250 doctors of optometry in Pennsylvania. An affiliate of the American Optometric Association, POA promotes the highest quality eye and vision care by optometrists, represents optometry to state government, provides its members with post-graduate education and membership benefits, and conducts activities in the interest of the visual welfare of the public.

POA Mission Statement

The purpose of POA is

• to promote delivery of the highest quality eye/vision care by doctors of optometry:
  • by representing optometry to state government and all other entities,
  • by serving as a resource on all other matters pertinent to optometry,
• to provide professional interaction.

POA Vision Statement

The Pennsylvania Optometric Association envisions a Pennsylvania where:

• All citizens have access to high-quality eye and vision care, and are free to choose to receive that care from a Doctor of Optometry, without restriction by third-party payers or government regulations.
• Doctors of Optometry and other health care providers work together to ensure that our citizens receive the best possible eye and vision care.
• Doctors of Optometry are licensed to practice to the fullest extend of their training.
• State laws, regulations and policy are designed to attract the best practitioners in the field of optometry to the Commonwealth.
• All Doctors of Optometry participate in their professional associations, in the political life of their community, state and national; in continuing optometric education, in providing pro bono services to our less fortunate citizens, and in interprofessional relations and fellowship with their colleagues.

The Pennsylvania Optometric Association will strive to fulfill this vision to the fullest extent possible.