Advocacy Efforts
Because optometry is a legislated profession, many issues at the federal and state level can potentially affect how, when, where, and what you practice.
Examples of issues that optometry leaders and professional association staff have advocated for over the years are advancement in scope of practice, antidiscrimination payment policies and support of optometric education.
The profession of optometry has grown over the 100 years of its existence. Optometrists have gained the right to dilate their patients, treat many ocular disease conditions and treat patients with Medicare insurance. All of these expansions of the optometric profession happened because individual members and professional association staff of the POA and AOA were willing to advocate for their profession and see it grow.
Legislative Affairs Committee Reports
- October 2021
- February 2022
- March 2022
- September 2022
- December 2022
- January 2023
- February 2023
- February 2023 - 2
- March 2023
- April 2023
- July 2023
- August 2023
- November 2023
- December 2023
- January 2024
- February 2024
- March 2024
- April 2024
- May 2024
- June 2024
- July 2024
- August 2024
- September 2024