Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2901 - Mississippi State Board of Optometry Rules and Regulations › Chapter 1 - Examinations › Rule 30-2901-1.2 - Application process and background checks

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) The applicant
				shall make application to the Executive Director, on forms to be furnished by
				the board. And shall include a photograph for identification
				purposes.
(b) Such application
				shall contain references as to good moral character from at least two
				optometrists licensed by the State of Mississippi and who are actively engaged
				in the practice of optometry, and in good standing. In the event this is not
				possible, affidavits from two persons not related to the applicant or to each
				other, who have known the applicant for at least five years, attesting to the
				good moral character of the applicant, will be acceptable.
(c) The applicant shall provide primary
				source verification of passage of all parts the (NBEO) National Board of
				Examiners of Optometry examination.
(d) The applicant must request that letters
				of good standing be sent to the state board office for all other states in
				which they have ever held a license to practice. Any person furnishing false
				information in such application shall be denied the right to take the
				examination, or if the applicant has been licensed before it is made known to
				the board of the falseness of such information, such license shall be subject
				to suspension, revocation, or cancellation.
(e) Certified copies of the transcript of
				record from pre-optometry and optometry colleges attended by the applicant
				shall accompany each application, which certified transcript of record shall
				show the total number of hours of attendance, the subjects studied, the grades
				or marks given, and the date of graduation of the applicant. The completed
				application and examination fee must be filed with the Executive Director not
				later than 30 days prior to the date of the examination. In the event an
				applicant intends to retake the examination, the fee therefore and the notice
				to this intention to retake said examination must also be in the Executive
				Director's office 30 days prior to the date of the examination.
(f) The fee for taking the initial
				examination shall be $200 for Mississippi residents and $300 for non-residents.
				PEP certification will require an additional $750.00 fee
(g) No application fee for examination will
				be returned to any applicant after the application has been approved by the
				board, because of the decision of the applicant not to stand for the
				examination or failure for any reason to take the examination
(h) To conduct a criminal history records,
				check on licensees whose licensure is subject to investigation by the Board and
				on applicants for licensure. In order to determine the applicant's or
				licensee's suitability for licensing, the applicant or licensee shall be
				fingerprinted. The Board shall be authorized to charge and collect from the
				applicant or licensee, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such
				amount as may be incurred by the Board in requesting and obtaining state and
				national criminal history records information on the applicant or
				licensee.
Miss Code
				  Ann. §
										73-19-17 73-19-23
				  (b)