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Welcome to TDOA

The Tennessee Dispensing Opticians Association is the only state association working on behalf of all Opticians in Tennessee. We are the only education provider in the state to support legislation that maintains a State Board of Dispensing Opticians and licensing dispensing opticians. We are the only education provider to spend money on maintaining a lobbyist and attorney to monitor the legislature in an effort to make sure that any new bills that are introduced are for the good of the optician and consumers of Tennessee.

Latest News

**Ed DeGennaro is part of an Opticians Summit in Washington DC on May 1st & 2nd. He would like everyone to fill out a short survey for them. This is YOUR chance to have your voices heard during the Opticians Summit. The results of these surveys will be compiled and shared with the Summit attendees in an attempt at helping them get a sense of the issues opticians deem as important to them. Please go to http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/308ag4e978 and fill it out by April 22nd! Thank you!!

       April 2012

Don't forget to do your Juris Prudence Exam for the State! You can download it by clicking here
http://health.state.tn.us/boards/DO/PDFs/JURISPRUDENCE_CE.pdf

Please DO NOT turn it in to the TDOA. Return it to the following:

Tennessee Board of Dispensing Opticians
227 French Landing, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37243.

       June 2011

There has been a slight change in the convention schedule please check the convention or calendar pages for the update.

       January 2011

Volunteer Opticians needed for a free medical mission in Nashville on February 19th and 20th at McGavock High School for patients without health care. The mission will include free optometry services, dental services, and medical services. We expect to see around 2500 patients for free in a two day period. We'll make 400 glasses for patients each day, identify ocular disease, check for glaucoma, provide dental extractions, fillings, cleanings and provide well care and sick exams all for free. We also plan on providing free mammograms, STD testing, diabetic testing, bone density testing, and pap smears. You can read more about our organization at www.ramusa.org or you can watch a 12 minute video that the show 60-minutes did on our organization at http://ramusa.org/learn/media.html.

Volunteers can donate one day of service or two. Please contact Joe Sanfilippo at
(615) 500-5880 or at joepnp@yahoo.com if interested.