The pupillary distance is a measurement that helps the optician manufacture glasses with the lenses centered on the eyes of the patient. As such, this measurement should be obtained by the optician that the patient (consumer) has chosen to manufacture their glasses, not the optometrist that provided the eye examination. As a practical matter the state licensed opticians in our offices have been responsible for these measurements for over 20 years. I oppose this requirement because it would usurp the optician’s role of measuring pupillary distance and incorrectly assign it to the optometrist.