Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B13 - Board of Optometry › Chapter 64B13-4 - EXAMINATION AND APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE › Section 64B13-4.004 - Manner of Application; Approved Schools or Colleges

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Applications. All
				applications for licensure as a certified optometrist shall be made on the form
				titled "Application for Licensure as Certified Optometrist" number DH-MQA 1128
				(Revised 07/2020), which is hereby incorporated by reference and can be
				obtained from the board office or at:
http://www.floridaoptometry.gov
,
				or
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12454
.
				All applications for licensure as a certified optometrist shall include the
				non-refundable application fee as specified in subsection
				 64B13-6.001(5),
				F.A.C., and the initial licensure fee as specified in subsection
				 64B13-6.001(1),
				F.A.C. Applications will not be deemed complete until the applicant submits
				proof of graduation from a Board approved school or college of optometry, as
				specified in subsection (2), below. No application shall be deemed complete
				which does not set forth all the information required by said forms and which
				fails to include all fees as set forth in this rule. An incomplete application
				for licensure expires one year from the initial date of application.
(2) Approved Schools. An approved and
				accredited school or college of optometry is one that is accredited by the
				Accreditation Council for Optometric Education and that requires successful
				passage of the Applied Basic Science (Part I) portion of the NBEO examination
				as part of its educational curriculum. An applicant who has graduated from an
				accredited school or college of optometry that does not require passage of the
				Applied Basic Science (Part I) portion of the NBEO examination as part of its
				educational curriculum who provides evidence in an NBEO score report that the
				applicant successfully passed the Applied Basic Science (Part I) portion of the
				NBEO examination shall qualify as having graduated from an approved and
				accredited school or college of optometry.
(3) Certification of Licensed Practitioners.
				Any licensed practitioner licensed to practice optometry in Florida prior to
				July 1, 1993, who is not a certified optometrist and who desires to be licensed
				as a certified optometrist shall apply to the department for certification. The
				board will approve a licensed practitioner who satisfies the requirements of
				subsection  64B13-4.001(3) 
				and Rule  64B13-10.001, F.A.C., and remits
				the fee established in subsection
				 64B13-6.001(5),
				F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority
					 456.013,
					 463.005,
					 463.006 FS. Law Implemented
					 456.013,
					 456.0635,
					 463.002(3)(c),
					 463.006
					 FS.
New 11-13-79, Amended 4-17-80, Formerly 21Q-4.04, Amended
					 11-20-86, 4-19-89, 6-25-92, 6-6-93, Formerly 21Q-4.004, Amended 6-14-94,
					 Formerly 61F8-4.004, Amended 3-21-95, 5-29-95, Formerly 59V-4.004, Amended
					 7-15-02, 11-3-03, 11-16-05, 10-30-08, 8-30-09, 10-18-10, 9-8-13, 2-27-14,
					 8-12-14, 7-13-16, 12-11-16, 1-24-18, 10-2-18, 1-2-20,
					 12-20-20.