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Article: Survey Shows New Mexicans Overwhelmingly Disapprove of House Bill 199; Legislation would extend surgical rights to non-medical doctors; consumers express confusion about eye care professionals' qualifications.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 7, 2005
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Mexico Medical Society, the state's professional organization for medical and osteopathic doctors, today released the results of a statewide consumer survey regarding House Bill 199, which seeks to allow optometrists (who are non-medical doctors) to perform a multitude of laser and invasive eye surgeries. A public hearing and vote on HB 199 is expected to take place later today in the Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee.
The random telephone survey of 400 New Mexico residents was conducted March 3, 2005 by the survey research firm Strategy One, and has an error rate of +/- 4.9%.
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