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After decades of stagnation and apparent impasse, more Italian legislation to control the practice of optometry and to re-define the roles of the eye care professions is at last imminent. The new rulings have been anticipated by the profession since earlier legislation from 1928.
It is often said that 'politics is power' and perhaps this is nowhere more apparent than in the Mediterranean European member countries. In a recent meeting in Rome, Professor Luigi Lupelli drew this analogy in relation to optometry. For decades efforts to enhance the profession with new legislation have been slow. There is now a need to re-define the roles of the traditional ottici (equivalent originally to the British dispensing optician), including clear understanding of the optometrist's role, now that university courses for both activities are a reality. The public needs clarification to avoid confusion. However, the situation is very different from that in the UK, both in the training and practice of opticians and optometrists.
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