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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration in Optometry meeting — December 17, 2025

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
Posted: December 12, 2025 4:25 p.m.
Meeting Link 

Overview

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If you need reasonable accommodations in order to participate in the meeting, contact the DPH ADA Coordinator Stacy Hart at Stacy.Hart@mass.gov in advance of the meeting. While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.

Please be advised that recording meetings, by any means, including the use of any A.I. applications, without prior permission is strictly prohibited.

Agenda

Administrative Items:

  • Roll Call 

Board Business:

  • Review December 17, 2025 general session meeting agenda – VOTE
  • Review November 19 2025 general session minutes – VOTE
  • Executive director report
    • License renewal update
    • Amended requirements in M.G.L. c. 94C, s. 18(e) that govern safe and effective pain management in prescriber training courses
    • Massachusetts Society of Optometrists (MSO) pain management course

Discussion:

  • New England College of Optometry (NECO) course proposal for optometrists to fulfill prescriber training requirement – VOTE
  • Optometric procedures within the optometry scope of practice
    • Lacrifill (hyaluronic-acid canalicular filler) placement
    • Canalicular irrigationfor diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
    • Insertion of punctal plugsfor occlusion of the lacrimal drainage system.
    • Dilation of puncta

Cases, Investigative Conference, Settlement Offers [Closed session pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112 §65C]: 

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