Ohio Optometric

The OOA serves its members & their patients by advocating for the profession, promoting the importance & access to comprehensive eye care, & provides resources.

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It’s simple: Expanding optometry’s scope = better patient care.

When ODs are allowed to provide minor in-office procedures, patients will receive care faster and closer to home.

Learn how Senate Bill 36 supports patients: https://t.co/c4D2caYLJ7

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ICYMI: Dr. Amy Myers shares how Ohio patients can benefit from Senate Bill 36. @daytondailynews

Scroll through to learn how this bill will improve patient access to care: https://t.co/86X5ni5RwZ

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

✅ Senate Bill 36 allows ODs to perform only specific in‑office laser and eyelid procedures they’re trained to provide.

🚫 NOT included: major surgeries like cataract surgery or LASIK.

Learn more from board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. Ronald Brown Jr.
https://t.co/c4D2caZjyF

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[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

Ohio’s optometrists are trained to safely perform in-office laser and eyelid procedures, but Ohio’s scope of practice hasn’t kept up.

SB 36 will help keep highly trained ODs in Ohio while improving access to comprehensive vision services statewide. https://t.co/c4D2caYLJ7

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Access to vision care isn’t just a pediatric issue, as adult eye care gaps remain across Ohio.

Senate Bill 36 helps address these access issues by leveraging the training of Doctors of Optometry — reducing wait times and travel for patients.
https://t.co/c4D2caYLJ7

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@DrTerryAJohnson, @Liston4Ohio, @cingram32, @SusanManchester, @kristinaroegner, @LangForOhio, @KentKSmith, @nickieantonio, @Rob_McColley, @theresagavarone

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

Congratulations to the @TAOPonline for passing the Optometry Practice Act and modernizing your practice for your state’s patients!

That makes 16 states who now can safely offer to their residents these office-based laser procedures performed by their trusted Doctor of Optometry.

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

Did you know Doctors of Optometry complete 10,000+ hours of training focused on the eye and related systemic conditions?

Ohio ODs are ready to step up and meet our state’s growing eye care needs.

Learn more about scope modernization. https://t.co/c4D2caYLJ7

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

Expanding optometry’s scope of practice through Senate Bill 36 helps ensure Ohioans can safely get the care they need, closer to home.

Learn more about SB 36: https://t.co/c4D2caYLJ7

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

We’ve said it before—and we’ll say it again:

146,000+ laser procedures performed by optometrists nationwide with a negative outcome rate of <0.0014%.

Safe. Effective. Comparable to ophthalmologists.

Let’s focus on facts as Ohio considers Senate Bill 36.
https://t.co/c4D2caYLJ7

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

FACT: Expanding optometry’s scope will improve access to eye care in Ohio.

Opposing claims rely on incomplete data and misleading “% of workforce” metrics that undervalue optometrists.

In states with expanded scope, access has increased as procedure volume grows.

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

When ODs practice to the full extent of their training, access improves.

After states expanded their scope, OD-performed laser procedures grew 44–45% in year one—and kept rising.

More providers=better patient access.

Learn more: https://t.co/WzqT6G8Dbt

[Ohio Optometric @OhioOptometric]

ICYMI: Assoc. ED Cori McCabe’s letter to the editor on Senate Bill 36 was recently published in @DispatchAlerts.

Read the LTE and learn how this bill will improve patient access to care and #glaucoma treatment: https://t.co/KgkylcL0jM

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Thank you, @senator_koehler, for meeting with Dr. Lindsay Florkey and first year optometry students Khushi Patel and Ainsley Link.

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Thank you to our members who showed up strong in Columbus for Optometry Day at the Statehouse (ODASH)! 🏛️

Members met with legislators in the Ohio General Assembly to discuss the issues that matter most to optometry and to the patients we serve.

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Thank you, Sen. @cingram32, for meeting with Drs. Terri Gossard, Tiffany Young and Erich Hinel!