filed on February 20, 2006 on behalf of Perceptual Development Corporation of Long Beach, California.; This request is made in light of non-optometrists in Florida requesting a license to use the technology and research demonstrating that the ...

Board of Optometry

     The Board of Optometry hereby gives notice that it has received a Petition for Declaratory Statement filed on February 20, 2006 on behalf of Perceptual Development Corporation of Long Beach, California. The Petitioner seeks the Board’s guidance concerning a patented technology known as the “Irlen Method.”  This includes a request that the Board issue a Declaratory Statement providing guidance as to whether the Irlen Method is or is not the practice of Optometry.  This request is made in light of non-optometrists in Florida requesting a license to use the technology and research demonstrating that the dysfunction being treated is not an abnormality of the eye but of the brain.

     Copies of the petition may be obtained by writing Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Optometry, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.