§ 7104. Requirements for a professional license.
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§ 7104. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as an optometrist, an applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements:
(1)Application: file an application with the department;
(2)Education: have received an education, including a degree of
doctor of optometry or equivalent degree, in accordance with the
commissioner's regulations;
(3)Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(4)Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(5)Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(6)Citizenship: meet no requirement as to United States citizenship;
(7)Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
(8)Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for
persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, a
fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period,
for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic
pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars, and for certification to
use or prescribe oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of two
hundred fifty dollars.