License Without Examination

Sec. 351.2595. LICENSE WITHOUT EXAMINATION. 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; (4) there are no pending disciplinary actions against the applicant in the state in which the applicant is licensed; and (5) the applicant's license has never been suspended or revoked. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.156(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.