Louisiana Governor Jindal Signs Law Permitting Optometrists to Perform Certain Surgeries

BATON ROUGE, La.— Governor Bobby Jindal signed House Bill No. 1065 enrolled into law on Sunday, June 1, 2014, allowing Louisiana optometrists to perform certain surgeries effective upon his signature.   The legislation permits optometrists in the state of Louisiana to perform "ophthalmic surgery . . . in which in vivo human tissue is injected, cut, burned, frozen, sutured, vaporized, coagulated, or photodisrupted by the use of surgical instrumentation, such as, but not limited to, a scalpel, cryoprobe, laser, electric cautery, or ionizing radiation."      See more