Optometrists as "acceptable medical sources" to establish a medically determinable impairment. Final rules.
We are revising the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability regulations regarding sources of evidence for establishing a medically determinable impairment under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). The revised regulations expand the situations in which we consider licensed optometrists to be "acceptable medical sources."
D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009907:Optometry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012943:Social Security; D014481:United States; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis