2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61: Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 2: Optometry, 61-2-1 through 61-2-18
Section 61-2-8: Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

61-2-8. Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

Each applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant:

A. has reached the age of majority;

B. is of good moral character and of temperate habits;

C. has completed at least an approved four-year high school course of study or the equivalent thereof as determined by regulations of the board;

D. is a citizen of the United States or has taken out his first naturalization papers; and

E. has graduated and been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry approved and accredited by the board, and in the event the applicant applies for licensure by endorsement, he 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 such degree.