2011 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 449. Optometry examining board.
449.04 Examination.

449.04

449.04 Examination.

449.04(1)

(1) Licenses to engage in the practice of optometry shall be issued only to persons who pass an examination approved or conducted by the examining board. An applicant who qualifies under s. 449.05 may take any examination approved or administered by the examining board upon payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1).

449.04(2)

(2) The examination shall reasonably relate to the skills likely to be needed for an applicant to practice optometry in this state at the time of examination and shall seek to determine the applicant's preparedness to exercise such skills. The examination shall test knowledge regarding general and ocular pharmacology as it relates to optometry with particular emphasis on the use of topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, including the treatment of adverse reactions to such pharmaceutical agents, and knowledge regarding the removal of foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye. The examination shall also test knowledge of state laws and administrative rules regarding the practice of optometry. The examining board may do any of the following:

449.04(2)(a)

(a) Prepare, administer, and grade the examination.

449.04(2)(b)

(b) Approve in whole or in part an examination prepared, administered, and graded by the national board of examiners in optometry or another examination provider approved by the examining board.

449.04(2)(c)

(c) Approve and administer an examination prepared and graded by or under the direction of the national board of examiners in optometry or another examination provider approved by the examining board.

449.04 - ANNOT.

History: 1977 c. 29, 418; 1991 a. 39; 2005 a. 297.

449.04 - ANNOT.

Cross-reference: See also ch. Opt 3, Wis. adm. code.