Licensing

Justice Minister Mickey Amery also noted that education or training that address ‘political, historical, social, or cultural issues’ will be permitted under the act if it is ‘directly related to professional competence or ethics.’

Both professions specialize in the eye, but optometrists are primary eye care providers with a four-year professional degree after an undergraduate education, and ophthalmologists are surgeons and eye disease doctors with at least nine years of medical training, also after undergrad.