"Dr. Steve Friedlander, President of the Nevada Ophthalmological Society, looks on as Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons signs AB 385 into law. The bill includes a provision that laser surgery on the eye be performed only by a fully-trained Ophthalmologist."
So, this law isn't really a big deal, but it does build a small wall around Nevada should the evil national optometric lobby try to show its face here. Of course, every optometrist that i spoke to could care less because they are quite happy doing what they do and don't want the hassles of surgery. Getting it passed took about 18 months, and some very grueling days in the legislature for our lobbyist. Excellent experience for me, but I still can't really imagine being one of the 63 people who make laws in this state. What an amazing amount of work they have to do.
In a liberatarian society, every joe blow could put up a shingle and do eye surgery or whatever. Government wouldn't license people and the public would have to look at credentials, outcomes, costs etc to decide where to go.
Fantasyland.
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