Gaetz coined the term “eyeball wars,” and in 2013, he believed he resolved the turf war between ophthalmologists and optometrists. The two sides settled on a compromise allowing optometrists to ...

House Bill 449 would vastly expand the scope of practice for optometrists, who usually see you for your annual eye exam.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Alex Rizo ( HB 449 ), would allow optometrists to “perform board-approved laser and non-laser ophthalmic procedures” and hold themselves out as “optometrists certified in ...

“Thank you, child,” Bill Cunningham would say ... The man with a camera who captured history in his lens always called me “child” - even though I had known him half his 50 years as a photographer. He ...