State Board of Optometry Examiners public meetings in 2025
10 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The board will meet on November 14, 2025, in Baton Rouge. The provided agenda contains only meeting notice and location details with no specific action items listed.
The Board approved an amendment to a professional contract and denied a private party request for licensee contact information. A hardship waiver was granted following an executive session. Other items regarding telehealth and dispensing rules were discussed without action.
- Approved amending Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson contract from $75,000 to $135,000 per year (unanimous)
- Denied private party request for licensee addresses and emails
- Approved hardship waiver for a licensee (unanimous)
- Adopted agenda (unanimous)
- Adopted previous meeting minutes with changes (unanimous)
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The agenda provided contains only the meeting notice and location details. No specific business items or discussion topics are listed.
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners is holding a meeting on September 26, 2025, at a law firm in Baton Rouge. The agenda consists solely of procedural boilerplate, with no substantive items listed.
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners is holding a meeting on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 1:30 PM at the WK Eye Institute in Shreveport. The agenda provided contains only the meeting notice and location; no specific items for discussion or decision are listed.
- Meeting date: July 11, 2025, at 1:30 PM
- Location: WK Eye Institute, 2611 Greenwood Road, Suite A, Shreveport, LA
- No agenda items or topics are included in the provided document
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The Board of Optometry Examiners will meet on June 7, 2025. The provided agenda contains only the meeting notice and location; no specific discussion items or decisions are listed.
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The agenda provides the date, time, and location for the meeting. No specific discussion items or decisions are listed in the provided document.
State Board of Optometry Examiners
This is a procedural meeting of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. The agenda contains only meeting logistics and no listed items for decision or discussion.
The Board approved a resolution to award a legal services contract to Ms. Jones and granted a conditional license by endorsement to a DoD civilian. Members also approved room rental for the June annual meeting and shortened the current CPA contract to end June 30, 2025.
- Approved resolution to award legal services contract to Ms. Jones (Unanimous)
- Approved licensure by endorsement for J.M. conditioned on passing law and laser tests (Unanimous)
- Approved room rental fee for June 7, 2025 annual meeting (Unanimous)
- Approved revising CPA contract end date to June 30, 2025 (Unanimous)
- Approved adoption of agenda (Unanimous)
- Approved minutes with revisions regarding use of initials for optometrists (Unanimous)
- Decided to take no action on complaint Item #2025-01 (Unanimous)
- Terminated ARBO contract for auditing CE hours
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners is holding a meeting on March 21, 2024, at 9:00 am at BREC in Baton Rouge. The agenda provided contains only procedural boilerplate and no specific items for decision or discussion.
- No specific items, votes, or proposals are listed in the provided agenda text.
The Board approved the hiring of Carrie Jones for legal representation and enrolled in the Occupational Licensing Review Program. It also authorized a $250 fine for delinquent license renewals and terminated its contract with ARBO for CE audits.
- Approved enrollment in the Occupational Licensing Review Program (unanimous)
- Approved Pinell and Martinez to complete the 2024 audit (unanimous)
- Approved awarding a legal representation contract to Carrie Jones (unanimous)
- Approved $250 fine for each optometrist on the delinquent renewal list
- Terminated contract with ARBO for conducting CE Audits (unanimous)
- Approved license application for N.S. pending verification and exam (unanimous)
- Denied license application for J.M.
- Approved request for Advanced Procedures License (unanimous)
State Board of Optometry Examiners
This is a procedural meeting of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. The agenda contains no specific items for decision or discussion beyond the meeting notice itself.
The Board unanimously approved a specific version of settlement documents presented by the OAL, subject to Attorney General approval and specific language revisions. The Board also adopted previous meeting minutes and reviewed financial and licensing reports.
- Approved settlement documents version 1/28/25 with specific language revisions (Unanimous)
- Adopted November 2024 meeting minutes (Unanimous)
- Adopted January 2025 meeting minutes (Unanimous)
- Adopted the meeting agenda (Unanimous)
- Approved motion to enter executive session (Unanimous)
State Board of Optometry Examiners
The Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners is holding a meeting on January 17, 2025, at 9:00 am at BREC, 6201 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge. The agenda provided contains only meeting logistics and contact information; no specific items for decision or discussion are listed.
- Meeting date: January 17, 2025, at 9:00 am
- Location: BREC, 6201 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge
- Contact: Anna Marie Cahill at [email protected]
- No agenda items or substantive business are included in the provided text
The Board unanimously approved the 2025 budget and a rule change regarding licensure by endorsement fees. Members also approved a settlement agreement with the OAL and closed a complaint case against Dr. Granger.
- Approved 2025 LSBOE Budget (Unanimous)
- Approved rule that $1,500 licensure by endorsement fee is only required if application is approved (Unanimous)
- Approved settlement agreement with OAL, subject to resolution of a claims issue (Unanimous; Dr. Gerdes abstained)
- Approved notification to the ethics board regarding the OAL settlement (Unanimous; Dr. Gerdes abstained)
- Approved closing the complaint case against Dr. Granger (Unanimous)
- Approved inclusion of Dr. Sandefur’s personal statement in the minutes (Unanimous)