Description
Examine, diagnose, and manage disorders of the eye and visual system. Conduct comprehensive eye exams, prescribe corrective lenses, provide therapeutic treatments and vision rehabilitation, and co-manage surgical care. May prescribe therapeutic drugs as permitted by state law.
- • Conduct comprehensive eye exams to assess visual acuity, refraction, binocular vision, and ocular health.
- • Diagnose ocular diseases and abnormalities, such as glaucoma and color vision defects.
- • Interpret clinical findings and develop individualized treatment plans.
- • Prescribe, fit, and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids.
- • Prescribe therapeutic medications as permitted by state law.
- • Educate patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, ergonomics, lighting, and eye safety.
- • Coordinate care and refer patients to ophthalmologists or other providers when needed.
- • Remove superficial ocular foreign bodies.
- • Provide pre- and post-operative care for cataract, refractive, and other ocular surgeries.
- • Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision and deliver vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
