2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 2 - Optometry
Section 61-2-8 - Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)
61-2-8. Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)
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.
History: 1953 Comp., 67-1-7, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 353, 7.
