(Salt Lake City, UT) — An eye care bill in the state legislature is pitting two groups of professionals against one another. Senate Bill 210 would allow optometrists to perform certain laser procedures. SB210 is sponsored by Republican Representative James Dunnigan of Taylorsville and Provo Republican Senator Curtis Bramble. The procedures listed in the bill do not include LASIK or cataract surgery. The bill does provide authorization for two other surgeries by optometrists. These professionals are not medical school-trained but are doctors with expertise in diagnosis and treating of eye illnesses. Ophthalmologists are physicians trained in eye surgery. This group says public health is at risk with the proposed legislation.