New Kentucky Law Divides Optometrists and Ophthalmologists

Published: Feb. 25, 2011, 5 a.m.

Thursday Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed into law a measure allowing optometrists to perform some surgeries previously only performed by ophthalmologists. The bill sailed through the legislature rapidly with little dissent among lawmakers, with one Republican Gubernatorial Candidate concerned with the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by PACs. But, while the debate in the legislature was relatively minor David Schmoll reports, outside the Capitol, debate was much more intense.