ATTENTION ALL OPTICIANS
YOUR LICENSE IS IN JEOPARDY
Legislative Update-February 2025
On February 4, 2025 HB2637 was put on “HOLD” in the Regulatory Oversite Committee meeting. Members of your State Board and AADO were there to testify in support of keeping our license law. AADOs Legal team made a presentation prior to the session and UOA sent in members sent many testimonials in support of Arizona Opticians. We owe them all a debt of gratitude for supporting our cause. AADO will respond in kind when and if needed as we did for Nevada in 2023. When a bill goes on hold it is because an issue as been raised that questions the bill in some way. The committee can make changes if they have time and desire or not, as in the 2024 bill 2740. This was a good day for us however, on Hold is not dead. We will continue to work on this and keep you advised as needed. For now-keep those letters going to your district legislators.
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The bill will be in committee for vote on Feb. 4th
EVERYONE-Please contact the following members of the committee and voice your opposition to the bill.
AADO and our legal team will be there in your behalf.
Representative Lupe Contreras: 602-926-5284 LContreras@azleg.gov
Representative Consuelo Hernandez: 602-926-3523 CHernandez@azleg.gov
Representative Rachel Keshel: 602-926-3558 RKeshel@azleg.gov
Representative Alex Kolodin: 602-926-3560 AKolodin@azleg.gov
Representative Joseph Chaplik: 602-926-3436 JChaplik@azleg.gov
Legislative Update-January 2025
On January 15, 2025 Arizona House of Representatives issued HB 2637.
REPEALING TITLE 32, CHAPTER 15.1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; REPEALING
SECTION 41-3030.06, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS.
This Bill mirrors HB2740 from January 2024. That bill died in committee. If passed and signed by the governor Arizona Licensed Opticians will lose their LDO Status. You will no longer be recognized as a Licensed Dispensing Optician in Arizona. Non doctor owned retail locations as well as Doctor owned multi location offices will no longer require an LDO to legally provide Rx Eyewear and/or contact lenses to the public.
In order to try and protect your license you must act now. The funds that pay for our legal counsel comes from optician membership in AADO. This makes the 3rd attempt in 8 years to eliminate your license. AADO funds to fight these bills are being spent rapidly. Membership is at all-time low. Only 1.5 of every 10 opticians are members of AADO.
If you wish AADO to continue the fight to keep your license you must get involved NOW! LDOs, future LDOs, non-licensed opticians, ABO-NCLE certified opticians, AADO represents all of you. Protect your income and professional status.
When our funds are depleted, you will have no legislative representation.
In February the Arizona House Legislators introduced HB2740. This Bill will void your Arizona Opticians License if passed. A copy of the bill can be downloaded here. In 2017 we faced a cancellation of our License. AADO as your voice spent about $50,000.00 to fight the Bill.
Our Legislative fund has not recovered post covid!- Send a letter to your District Legislators asking them to not pass this bill.
- Send a letter to your Governor asking her to Veto the Bill if it reaches her desk.
- Ask your Doctors to notify legislators.
- Join AADO as a full member to build up our legislative fund to help fight this bill.
