2023 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-35.1 - Optometrists
Section 5-35.1-2. - Qualifications to practice optometry.
§ 5-35.1-2. Qualifications to practice optometry.
Every applicant for licensure shall present satisfactory evidence in the form of affidavits properly sworn to that he or she:
(1) Is of good moral character; and
(2) Has graduated from a school or college of optometry that maintains a course in optometry of not less than four (4) years and is approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) or other accrediting body as approved by the board; and
(3) Has successfully passed a national examination or other examinations approved by the department and the board; and
(4) Any other qualifications as may be established in rules and regulations promulgated by the department.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 2.
