{"id":2404,"date":"2025-08-11T20:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo2.codeenum.online\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=2404"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:23:00","slug":"are-the-courses-accredited","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/faq-items\/are-the-courses-accredited\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the BOS advocate for the profession?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1279.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>our membership dues support our advocacy efforts at both state and national levels. We actively lobby for expanded scope of practice, fair reimbursement rates from insurers, and public health initiatives that position optometrists as primary eye care providers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[],"class_list":["post-2404","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/2404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}