Regulatory/Legislative News

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 153 into law May 9, authorizing optometrists in the state to perform certain injections.

The American Optometric Association and the Armed Forces Optometric Society expressed “shock” and “outrage” at a suggestion that the VA Optometry Service be eliminated as a cost-savings move.

LOS ANGELES — The FDA has granted 510(k) clearances for integration of the Oculus Pentacam HR and Pentacam AXL, and the Topcon Aladdin topographer with the Lensar Laser System with Streamline III, according to a Lensar press release.

The U.S. House of Representatives today narrowly approved legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system, voting by a slim margin to replace the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, with a refurbished version of a Republican-penned bill that was pulled just weeks ago because of a lack of support.

The Alaska House of Representatives passed HB 103 by a vote of 31 to 7.

The North Carolina House voted to allow the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to study enhanced access to eye care and report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services by Oct. 1, 2018.

The FDA has accepted a new drug application for intravitreal sirolimus for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis of the posterior segment, Santen announced in a press release.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

The FDA is granting an extension for soft contact lens labelers to comply with the requirements of the Unique Device Identification system, which was established Sept. 24, 2013.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, on Feb. 23, signed into law a bill that allows optometrists and ophthalmologists to see patients and issue optical prescriptions via telemedicine.