Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4725 - Ohio Vision Professional Board › Chapter 4725-3 - Examination and Licensing › Section 4725-3-01 - Application for licensure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each
			 person who wishes to be considered for a certificate of licensure to practice
			 must complete a formal application for such consideration by the
			 board.
(B) Each completed
			 optometrist application must be accompanied by  a credit card
			 payment, in the amount of the current licensure fee.
(C) Each optometrist applicant must cause the
			 official final transcript and any partial credits from any accredited optometry
			 school(s) to be forwarded directly to the board from the school(s)
			 attended.
(D) The licensing
			 examination for optometrists shall contain these required parts:
(1) Part I of the licensing examination shall
			 consist of basic science, human biology, ocular and visual biology, theoretical
			 ophthalmic, and physiological optics and psychology.
(2) Part II of the licensing examination
			 shall consist of clinical science, systemic conditions, the treatment and
			 management of ocular disease, refractive, oculomotor, sensory integrative
			 conditions, perceptual conditions, public health, and the legal issues
			 regarding the clinical practice of optometry.
(3) Part III of the licensing examination
			 shall consist of tests in patient care and management, clinical skills, and the
			 visual recognition and interpretation of clinical signs.
(4) All optometry candidates for licensure by
			 examination must provide verification of passing all parts of the examinations
			 with passing scores as determined by the national board of examiners in
			 optometry and the state vision professionals board. The board may accept the
			 examinations given by the national board of examiners in optometry or any
			 equivalent examinations as determined by the board.
(5)
									In addition to
			 the requirements of this rule, all applicants for licensure as an optometrist
			 shall submit to a criminal records check completed by the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation in accordance with section
			 4725.121 of the Revised Code.
			 The results of the criminal records check shall be received by the board prior
			 to the issuance of a license to practice as an optometrist. The board will only
			 accept the results of a criminal records check that is submitted to the board
			 directly by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in
			 accordance with this rule, the applicant requesting the criminal records check
			 shall:
(a)
										Provide the bureau of criminal identification and
			 investigation with the applicant's name and address and with the name address
			 for the state vision professionals board.
(b)
										Request that the
			 bureau of criminal identification and investigation obtain from the federal
			 bureau of investigation any information it has pertaining to the
			 applicant.
(c)
										If an applicant for licensure submitted to the board
			 remains incomplete for one year, the application shall be considered
			 void.
(d)
										The board will only accept the results of a criminal
			 records check that is submitted to the board directly by the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation.
(e)
										The appropriate
			 certificate of licensure shall be issued electronically by the board after
			 approval.