Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Optometry
 
chapter
Regulations of the Virginia Board of Optometry [18 VAC 105 ‑ 20]
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5/2/16  7:24 pm
Commenter: Dora Adamopoulos, OD

Opposed to required PD by optomerists
 

The accurate measurement of pupillary distance, optical center, and seg height are all determined during the selection and fitting of eyeglasses, not during an eye examination. A PD measurement has never been a part of the clinical portion of an eye examination.  My colleagues who work in a hospital or medically based setting and do not perform refractions would be in non-compliance with this requirement.  In Virginia, we have licensed opticians who are trained and skilled for the proper fitting, measuring, manufacturing and dispensing of eyeglasses and a PD falls under their scope of training.   Requiring an optometrist to provide a PD while not requiring an optician or ophthalmologist to provide one is discriminatory in nature.  

 

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