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Article: New laser eye surgery policies established by U.S. veteran's agency.
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- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- September 4, 2004
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2004 SEP 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a new policy providing a single, uniform standard of care throughout the department for performing laser eye surgery procedures.
VA's new policy states that all therapeutic laser eye surgeries at VA facilities will be performed under the supervision of an ophthalmologist in a manner consistent with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards.
Only optometrists who are fully trained and appropriately licensed will be granted clinical privileges by the department to perform therapeutic laser eye surgery under the ...