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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 16<\/a> and 17<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72970,"section_number":"54.1-2400.01:1","catch_line":"Surgery defined; who may perform surgery","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2400.01_1\/"},{"id":72925,"section_number":"54.1-3201","catch_line":"What constitutes practice of optometry","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3201\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54127,"section_number":"54.1-3222","catch_line":"TPA certification; certification for treatment of diseases or abnormal conditions with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents (TPAs)","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3222\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75273,"identifier":"54.1-3225","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/6\/54.1-3225","url":"\/54.1-3225\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3225\/","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/6\/54.1-3225","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification to perform laser surgery","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3225","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall certify an optometrist<\/span> to perform laser surgery consisting of peripheral iridotomy, selective laser trabeculoplasty, and YAG capsulotomy for the medically appropriate and recognized treatment of the human eye through revision, destruction, or other structural alteration of the tissue of the eye using laser technology upon submission by the optometrist<\/span> of evidence<\/span> satisfactory to the Board<\/span> that he: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Is certified by the Board<\/span> to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to § 54.1-3222<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Has satisfactorily completed such didactic and clinical training programs provided by an accredited school or college of optometry that includes training in the use of lasers for the medically appropriate and recognized treatment of the human eye as the Board<\/span> may require. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall indicate on any license issued pursuant to this chapter to an optometrist<\/span> certified to perform laser surgery pursuant to this section that the optometrist<\/span> is so certified. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION TO PERFORM LASER SURGERY (\u00a7 54.1-3225)\n\nA. The Board shall certify an optometrist to perform laser surgery consisting of\nperipheral iridotomy, selective laser trabeculoplasty, and YAG capsulotomy for\nthe medically appropriate and recognized treatment of the human eye through\nrevision, destruction, or other structural alteration of the tissue of the eye\nusing laser technology upon submission by the optometrist of evidence\nsatisfactory to the Board that he:\n\n 1. Is certified by the Board to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal\n conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical\n agents pursuant to § 54.1-3222; and\n\n 2. Has satisfactorily completed such didactic and clinical training programs\n provided by an accredited school or college of optometry that includes\n training in the use of lasers for the medically appropriate and recognized\n treatment of the human eye as the Board may require.\n\nB. The Board shall indicate on any license issued pursuant to this chapter to an\noptometrist certified to perform laser surgery pursuant to this section that the\noptometrist is so certified.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, cc. 16, 17.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}