Rabat, June 26 -- The refraction test, also simply called a vision test, determines what type of prescription is needed for glasses or contact lenses.

A controversial legal provision proposal, Article 6 of Law 45-13, states opticians will no longer have the right to perform vision tests, unless permitted by regulations.

Opticians are furious. They are currently able to perform vision tests and prescribe glasses to their clients, and they want to retain that right.

On the other hand, ophthalmologists claim that refraction is a medical procedure, which therefore falls in their field of expertise, in accordance with law 131-13 on medical practice. They claim on that basis that opticians should not have the right to perform vision tests. ...