Texas Opticians Licensure
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Opticians and the public
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There are twenty-two state that require licensure to be an optician. Unfortunately for the public, Texas is not one of them. There is not any training required for someone to practice opticianry in this state. Opticians must take critical measurements and fabricate complicated eye glass prescriptions. The adjustment and alignment of glasses is critical to patient satisfaction and to obtaining optimal vision. Opticians should be able to demonstrate at least basic knowledge of these skills. There is a national certification known as the ABO (American Board of Opticianry http://www.abo-ncle.org/), this certification can provide a base line measure for the competency of every optician in the state with very little time and effort. The frame work is in place for a better future, please join us in our efforts to bring eye care to the level you would expect.
There are twenty-two state that require licensure to be an optician. Unfortunately for the public, Texas is not one of them. There is not any training required for someone to practice opticianry in this state. Opticians must take critical measurements and fabricate complicated eye glass prescriptions. The adjustment and alignment of glasses is critical to patient satisfaction and to obtaining optimal vision. Opticians should be able to demonstrate at least basic knowledge of these skills. There is a national certification known as the ABO (American Board of Opticianry http://www.abo-ncle.org/), this certification can provide a base line measure for the competency of every optician in the state with very little time and effort. The frame work is in place for a better future, please join us in our efforts to bring eye care to the level you would expect.
With your help, we can see that the public has qualified personel filling eyeglass prescriptions in Texas. Thank you for taking the time to sign this petition!
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# 227:
7:01 pm PDT, Oct 7,
Donald Price, Virginia
We need opticians to be licened in every state. We make the Rx that the M.D. and the O.D. write for there glasses or contacts lens patient to be filled. We have to take alot of inportant measurements and know how to make a great pair of glasses or contact.
We need opticians to be licened in every state. We make the Rx that the M.D. and the O.D. write for there glasses or contacts lens patient to be filled. We have to take alot of inportant measurements and know how to make a great pair of glasses or contact.
# 226:
7:44 am PDT, Oct 5,
Name not displayed, Florida
Requiring licensing for opticians should be common sense.
Requiring licensing for opticians should be common sense.
# 225:
3:38 pm PDT, Oct 4,
Linda harms L.O.D. M.B. Harms, Idaho
Allow me to introduce myself: Linda Harms ,Licensed Dispensing Optician (out of Ga.)Registed Optician(out of Texas-where I get the best education for my optical field)Licensed Master Barber .sole proprietor of Optical Company and Barber Shop in Wendell Idaho.Be assured when all the states are on the same page and like minds to license opticians; the consumer will recieve comfort from written vision prescription.Opticians give great care to accurately fill the script to maximum visual acuity ; this resource needs to be licensed in Texas and unlicensed states. All opticians please stand up to license opticians in every state. Lets all RAISE THE BAR for our fellow opticians.God Bless American
Allow me to introduce myself: Linda Harms ,Licensed Dispensing Optician (out of Ga.)Registed Optician(out of Texas-where I get the best education for my optical field)Licensed Master Barber .sole proprietor of Optical Company and Barber Shop in Wendell Idaho.Be assured when all the states are on the same page and like minds to license opticians; the consumer will recieve comfort from written vision prescription.Opticians give great care to accurately fill the script to maximum visual acuity ; this resource needs to be licensed in Texas and unlicensed states. All opticians please stand up to license opticians in every state. Lets all RAISE THE BAR for our fellow opticians.God Bless American
# 224:
7:44 am PDT, Sep 29,
B J Rust Optician, Texas
The person that cuts my dogs hair has to have a license, but the person that puts a contact lens in my eye needs no license is not the correct standards.
The person that cuts my dogs hair has to have a license, but the person that puts a contact lens in my eye needs no license is not the correct standards.
# 223:
3:29 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Douglas Dodge, Texas
Licensure should be mandatory to protect the consumer and raise standards in the optical profession. Public safety is a major consideration because the optician is the last link in the eyecare delivery system and people do use eyeglasses for driving. In Texas most people who call themselves opticians are really optical sales associates who cannot really verify the prescription in the eyewear before it is dispensed.
Licensure should be mandatory to protect the consumer and raise standards in the optical profession. Public safety is a major consideration because the optician is the last link in the eyecare delivery system and people do use eyeglasses for driving. In Texas most people who call themselves opticians are really optical sales associates who cannot really verify the prescription in the eyewear before it is dispensed.
# 222:
2:57 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, Florida
I have a brother who lives in Texas and would love to move there, but because I am a licensed optician in Florida I would not make enough money to survive there. Now if your state required licensure my salary would likely be more that I could afford to live in Texas. We have a license in Florida to protect the public from unsafe things happening to people with their glasses and contact lenses.
I have a brother who lives in Texas and would love to move there, but because I am a licensed optician in Florida I would not make enough money to survive there. Now if your state required licensure my salary would likely be more that I could afford to live in Texas. We have a license in Florida to protect the public from unsafe things happening to people with their glasses and contact lenses.
# 221:
5:23 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Victor Adolfo Rubio, Texas
# 220:
7:51 am PDT, Sep 11,
Leslie Snipes, Texas
I had no idea any idiot could get a job ordering and fitting eyeglasses UNTIL I encountered several IDIOTS who fitted mine AND messed up my vision AND made me a downright dangerous and half-blind driver! At the absolute minimum, it must be mandated that those fitting glasses disclose their qualifications or lack thereof; much preferable would be mandatory licensure. (My apologies for taking so long to get my signature on this petition. Since a competent optician fitted me, I've been quite busy catching up all the stuff that had piled up while I was half blind from that lousy, expensive, BAD pair of glasses improperly ordered and fitted by the complete, obviously lacking training IDIOTS at Wal-Mart.)
I had no idea any idiot could get a job ordering and fitting eyeglasses UNTIL I encountered several IDIOTS who fitted mine AND messed up my vision AND made me a downright dangerous and half-blind driver! At the absolute minimum, it must be mandated that those fitting glasses disclose their qualifications or lack thereof; much preferable would be mandatory licensure. (My apologies for taking so long to get my signature on this petition. Since a competent optician fitted me, I've been quite busy catching up all the stuff that had piled up while I was half blind from that lousy, expensive, BAD pair of glasses improperly ordered and fitted by the complete, obviously lacking training IDIOTS at Wal-Mart.)
# 219:
11:05 pm PDT, Jul 24,
Nicholas Holce, Washington
# 218:
8:27 pm PDT, Jun 29,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 217:
8:38 am PDT, May 12,
Adil Mustafa, Pakistan
# 216:
7:55 pm PDT, Apr 29,
April Adame, Kentucky
# 215:
5:34 am PDT, Apr 28,
Diane Drake, Georgia
It would be in the best interest of the consumer to have opticians licensed in Texas. I am licensed in Georgia and travel all around the country, and find that the quality of care is significantly better in licensed states.
It would be in the best interest of the consumer to have opticians licensed in Texas. I am licensed in Georgia and travel all around the country, and find that the quality of care is significantly better in licensed states.
# 214:
7:16 am PDT, Apr 15,
Kim Barnett, Texas
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# 213:
8:31 am PDT, Apr 14,
Chris Thomason, Texas
Let's give Opticians a better reputation with the public by making Texas a licensed state.
Let's give Opticians a better reputation with the public by making Texas a licensed state.
# 212:
2:49 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Name not displayed, Rhode Island
I have worked as an apprentice in a licensed state, and have mixed feelings, having witnessed "grandfathered" licensed opticians with very mediocre skills. The real issues are (1) lack of available training, (2) lack of information about how to enter this occupation, (3) time requirements that far outpace income potential, and (4) lack of mobility between states. Becoming an attorney is much more difficult than becoming an optician, but the path to becoming an attorney can be easily discovered. We can buy/sell mortgages anywhere in the world, but dispensing eyewear in a licensed state requires a long investment of time and money. As a country, we have truly lost site of our priorities, and it has become discouraging.
I have worked as an apprentice in a licensed state, and have mixed feelings, having witnessed "grandfathered" licensed opticians with very mediocre skills. The real issues are (1) lack of available training, (2) lack of information about how to enter this occupation, (3) time requirements that far outpace income potential, and (4) lack of mobility between states. Becoming an attorney is much more difficult than becoming an optician, but the path to becoming an attorney can be easily discovered. We can buy/sell mortgages anywhere in the world, but dispensing eyewear in a licensed state requires a long investment of time and money. As a country, we have truly lost site of our priorities, and it has become discouraging.
# 211:
8:25 am PDT, Mar 18,
Jonny Fuentes, Texas
# 210:
8:39 pm PST, Feb 20,
Larry Christopher, Tennessee
i am a licensed in the state of tennessee.You need to become a license state to have people implace to serve the consumer and protect them.
i am a licensed in the state of tennessee.You need to become a license state to have people implace to serve the consumer and protect them.
# 209:
7:06 am PST, Feb 16,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 208:
9:58 pm PST, Jan 8,
Jim Melanson, Connecticut
I am a Licensed Optician in Connecticut. If I were visiting a state without licensure, and needed glasses in an emergency, I would be very concerned about the level of service I would be receiving. At the very least, ABO certification should be required.
I am a Licensed Optician in Connecticut. If I were visiting a state without licensure, and needed glasses in an emergency, I would be very concerned about the level of service I would be receiving. At the very least, ABO certification should be required.
# 207:
6:09 pm PST, Dec 27,
Lori Fortner, Texas
Hair dressers and Nail techs are required to have a license, why not opticians! In addition there should be additional licensure for those who work with children's glasses. My 7 year old son was given glasses that were meant for an adult! Another time I was given sunglasses with one lens polarized horizontal, and the other vertical. Try explaining the problem to a person who has no concept of light principles! btw you loose depth perception, hazardous for driving!
Hair dressers and Nail techs are required to have a license, why not opticians! In addition there should be additional licensure for those who work with children's glasses. My 7 year old son was given glasses that were meant for an adult! Another time I was given sunglasses with one lens polarized horizontal, and the other vertical. Try explaining the problem to a person who has no concept of light principles! btw you loose depth perception, hazardous for driving!
# 206:
2:03 pm PST, Dec 19,
Sheryl Jeup, Texas
# 205:
5:27 pm PST, Dec 4,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 204:
2:19 pm PST, Dec 4,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 203:
1:10 pm PST, Dec 4,
Name not displayed, Texas
Although there are many knowledgeable opticians in the state, unfortunately they are the minority. Establishing a state license to practice Opticianry will create a minimum competency level for opticians in our great state. As it stands, especially in the chains, the less experience the better because the inexperienced opticain does not require anyhting more than minimum wage in turn increasing their profits at the expense of the patient/consumer. I have dispensed in Texas for 10 years and now work for a lens manufacturer North Texas. I have been ABO certified for all 10 years and a certified technical speaker for the ABO for the past two.
Although there are many knowledgeable opticians in the state, unfortunately they are the minority. Establishing a state license to practice Opticianry will create a minimum competency level for opticians in our great state. As it stands, especially in the chains, the less experience the better because the inexperienced opticain does not require anyhting more than minimum wage in turn increasing their profits at the expense of the patient/consumer. I have dispensed in Texas for 10 years and now work for a lens manufacturer North Texas. I have been ABO certified for all 10 years and a certified technical speaker for the ABO for the past two.
# 202:
12:43 pm PST, Dec 4,
Colleen Gelb, Texas
As an 18 veteran ABOC dispensing optician with an excellent reputation, patients would come into the shop complaining about the horrible glasses they received from the "mctician" down the street. After teaching the patients and showing them "how its done correctly" I made patients for life. Let's put an end to "Sally McTician" who worked at the local pizza joint last week who can now call herself and Optician just because she works in an OD office!!!
As an 18 veteran ABOC dispensing optician with an excellent reputation, patients would come into the shop complaining about the horrible glasses they received from the "mctician" down the street. After teaching the patients and showing them "how its done correctly" I made patients for life. Let's put an end to "Sally McTician" who worked at the local pizza joint last week who can now call herself and Optician just because she works in an OD office!!!
# 201:
12:36 pm PST, Dec 4,
Brad Gelb, Texas
