West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 14 - Optometry
Title 14 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
Series 14-14 - Eyelid Procedures
Section 14-14-4 - Exclusions

4.1. Surgery related to removal of the eye from a living human being;

4.2. Surgery requiring full-thickness incision or excision of the cornea or sclera other than paracentesis in an emergency situation requiring immediate reduction of the pressure inside the eye;

4.3. Penetrating keratoplasty (corneal transplant), or lamellar keratoplasty;

4.4 Surgery requiring incision of the iris and ciliary body;

4.5. Surgery of the eyelid for eyelid malignancies or mechanical repair of blepharochalasis, ptosis, and tarsorrhaphy;

4.6. Surgery of the bony orbit, including orbital implants;

4.7. Incisional or excisional surgery of the lacrimal system other than lacrimal probing or related procedures;

4.8. Surgery requiring full thickness conjunctivoplasty with graft or flap;