Should All Eyeglasses and contact lenses be sold by a regulated health professio!


Question:

Should All Eyeglasses and contact lenses be sold by a regulated health professional ? and should this be law?

Do you think that there should be mandatory legislation that would make it illegal for anyone not qualified to dispense eyeglasses or contact lenses?? i have read SEVERAL reasons for regulation of dispencing and the main reason seems to revolve around "risk of harm" meaning if a patient buys glasses from a no qualified person they could hurt themselves badly. then i was thinking is ther not a risk of harm that i could buy a pair of shoes and they could not be properly dispenced and i could hurt myself ?? where will the law makers draw the lines ??? what do u all THINK?


Answers:

In my personal opinion I think that all opticians should be licensed and therefore the profession can be regulated across the board. Since in many places it is not required for opticians to be licensed or have any prior qualifications it causes great confusion on what an optician actually is. Many people assume we are just "salespeople" that happen to work in an optical or with an eye doctor. When in fact many of us have a college education for opticianry or many years of experience in this profession.
I do think that dispensing glasses or contact lenses without the proper qualifications could pose a risk of harm. Where I am from the profession is regulated and it is required by law all opticians are licensed and all abide by the standards of practice or they can be punished by law.....
I am hoping they preserve the integrity of this profession by continuing to regulate it and beginning to regulate in places that haven't already!
Anyways that is just my opinion!




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