2020 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - The Professions
Article 143 - Optometry
7104 - Requirements for a Professional License.
§ 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, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period, and for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars.
