61-2-8. Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist.
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Each applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant:
A. has reached the age of majority; and
B. has graduated and been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry approved and accredited by the board. In the event the applicant applies for licensure by endorsement, the applicant shall have been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry, approved and accredited by the board, which had a minimum course of study of four thousand clock hours of instruction leading to that degree.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-1-7, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 353, § 7; 2021, ch. 70, § 7; 2022, ch. 39, § 12.