SCOPING OUT OPTOMETRY'S NEXT ERA: Momentum has been building to extend practice privileges for ODs, making eye care more accessible than ever before. Here's where these efforts stand in 2021.

The article reports on legislative developments in optometry practices in various U.S. states. Also cited are the laws passed in states like Alaska, Oklahoma and Louisiana to expand practice privileges of optometrists, how glaucoma management benefited from said laws, the laws approving the conduct by optometrists of laser procedure, and the comment of the American Optometric Association's (AOA) Christopher Wolfe on the developments.