Arkansas high court asked to reconsider surgery referendum

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An optometrist group is asking the Arkansas Supreme
Court to reconsider its Dec. 12 ruling directing Secretary of State John
Thurston to count all the signatures submitted in favor of holding a referendum
on a new law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform. The Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette reports the new law would let optometrists perform additional
procedures that currently only ophthalmologists can. Much of the debate has
focused on whether optometrists have the necessary training. The referendum’s
backers believe eye surgery should only be conducted by medical doctors.

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