• LD 1803 introduced in the Maine legislature would put patient safety at risk by authorizing optometrists, who are NOT medical doctors or trained surgeons, to perform injections and surgery on and around the eye using lasers and scalpels.
• The legislation will change the state's law to allow optometrists to do perform laser surgeries such as YAG Capsulotomy, laser trabeculoplasty, and laser peripheral iridotomy.
• Optometrists are valued members of the eye care team who provide important vision care services to patients. But they are not medical doctors or trained surgeons.

Your Maine state legislators need to know that only ophthalmologists--medical doctors/and trained eye surgeons--should be authorized to perform eye surgery in Maine.

Use the form below to urge your state legislators to "Vote No" on LD 1803.