Chapter Opt 3

Chapter Opt 3

LICENSURE

Opt 3.02   Application.

Opt 3.025   Reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses.

Opt 3.07   Passing scores.

Ch. Opt 3 History History: Chapter Opt 3 and 4 as they existed on March 31, 1989 were repealed and a new chapter Opt 3 was created effective April 1, 1989.

Opt 3.02 Opt 3.02 Application. Except as provided in s. Opt 3.025, an applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall submit all of the following:

Opt 3.02(1) (1) An application and required fee under s. 440.05, Stats.

Opt 3.02(2) (2) Official documentation of graduation from a program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE).

Opt 3.02(3) (3) Verification of passing parts I, II, including passage of the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease examination, and III of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry examination.

Opt 3.02(4) (4) Verification of passing the examination assessing knowledge of state laws and administrative rules regarding the practice of optometry.

Opt 3.02(5) (5) If the applicant has an arrest or conviction record, documentation necessary for the board to determine whether the circumstances substantially relate to the practice of optometry, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, Stats.

Opt 3.02 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1989, No. 399, eff. 4-1-89; am. (1) (a), Register, July, 1994, No. 463, eff. 8-1-94; am. (1) (a), Register, April, 1996, No. 484, eff. 5-1-96; am. (1) (intro.) and (a), r. and recr. (1) (b), r. (2), renum. (3) to (5) to be (1) (c), (2) and (3) and am. (1) (c), Register, September, 1997, No. 501, eff. 10-1-97; am. (1) (b), Register, December, 1998, No. 516, eff. 1-1-99; CR 06-116: am. (1) (intro.) Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07; CR 15-078: r. and recr. Register December 2016 No. 732, eff. 1-1-17; EmR1906: emerg. am. (3), eff. 3-12-19; CR 19-033: am. (3) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20; CR 21-004: am. (intro.) Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7-1-22.

Opt 3.025 Opt 3.025 Reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses. A reciprocal license to practice optometry shall be granted to a service member, former service member, or the spouse of a service member or former service member who meets the definitions under s. 440.09 (1), Stats., and who the board determines meets all of the requirements under s. 440.09 (2), Stats. Subject to s. 440.09 (2m), Stats., the board may request verification necessary to make a determination under this section.

Opt 3.025 History History: CR 21-004: cr. Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7-1-22; correction made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register June 2022 No. 798.

Opt 3.07 Opt 3.07 Passing scores. The passing score on each examination is determined by the board to represent minimum competence. The board may adopt the recommended passing score of the examination provider.

Opt 3.07 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1989, No. 399, eff. 4-1-89; am. (2) (a), Register, April, 1996, No. 484, eff. 5-1-96; am. (2), Register, September, 1997, No. 501, eff. 10-1-97; r. (2) (a), renum. (2) (b) to be (2) and am., Register, December, 1998, No. 516, eff. 1-1-99; CR 15-078: r. and recr. Register December 2016 No. 732, eff. 1-1-17.