This requirement is uneccessary and redundant and discriminatory.  Ophthalmologists, optometrists, optometric and ophthalmic technicians, and other staff members can all measure and/or be trained to measure Pupillary distances.  This petition is asking to require optometrists only to measure and provide PDs to all patients and take more of the optometrists time away from more critical patient care.  Also, when a PD is measured it is part of the patient's record and thus the patient has access to it.  It is unclear as to what the purpose of this petition truly is, again is appears to be unnecessary overregulation.