Qualifications for Licensure as an Optometrist

Each applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant: (a) has reached the age of majority; (b) is of good moral character and of temperate habits; (c) has completed at least an approved four-year high school course of study or the equivalent thereof as determined by regulation of the Board; (d) is a citizen of the United States or is a permanent resident of the United States; and (e) has graduated and been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry approved and accredited by the Board, and in the event the applicant applies for licensure by endorsement, he or she shall have been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry approved and accredited by the Board which had a minimum course of study of four thousand (4,000) clock hours of instruction leading to such degree.