Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.2595 — LICENSE WITHOUT EXAMINATION

OC § 351.2595Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION · Ch. 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS · Art. F. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

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The board may issue a license to practice therapeutic optometry without requiring the applicant to pass all or part of the examination required by Section 351.253 if:

(1)the applicant is licensed in good standing as a therapeutic optometrist in another state;

(2)the applicant has passed an examination that is equivalent or superior to the examination required by Section 351.253;

(3)during at least five of the seven years preceding the application date, the applicant has been:

(A)actively engaged in the practice of therapeutic optometry; or

(B)engaged in full-time teaching at an accredited college of optometry or medicine;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.156(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.