Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 852 - BOARD OF OPTOMETRY › Division 10 - GENERAL › Section 852-010-0023 - Rules for Endorsement Examination and Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Pursuant to ORS
				683.220 the Board may grant to
				an applicant a license by endorsement for the practice of optometry if the
				applicant:
(1) Holds a license for the
			 practice of optometry obtained by examination in another state in the United
			 States;
(2) Has been continuously
			 engaged in the practice of optometry for not less than two years immediately
			 preceding the application to the Board;
(3) Has educational qualifications the Board
			 considers equivalent to the educational requirements necessary for licensing by
			 the Board at the time the applicant commenced the practice of optometry. The
			 educational requirements include a passing score on Parts I, II, III, (PAM and
			 Clinical Skills) and TMOD (Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease) of the
			 National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) examination or its equivalent,
			 as determined by the Board. NBEO standards for passing the NBEO examination are
			 acceptable to the Board;
(4)
			 Submits documentation satisfactory to the Board of continuing optometric
			 education hours equivalent to the requirements established by OAR
			 852-070;
(5) Provides written
			 confirmation sent directly from the licensing entity of each other state in
			 which the applicant has ever been licensed that the applicant for licensure has
			 not been sanctioned for violating the laws, rules or standards of ethics of
			 that jurisdiction. The Board will accept electronic license verifications if
			 that is the only mechanism the verifying state uses for license verifications.
			 In addition, the Board will query the National Practitioner Data Bank and the
			 Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank for adverse actions on each
			 person making an application for licensure by endorsement;
(6) Pays the licensure by endorsement
			 application fee as listed in OAR 852-010-0080; and
(7) Passes, by a score of 80 or better, a
			 Board-approved written examination relating to Oregon optometric law and
			 administrative rules within the 12 months previous to date of Oregon licensure.
			 Because the Administrative Rule and Law examination is not clinical in nature,
			 there is no waiting period before an examination retake. If the examination is
			 not available through the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, the Board
			 will set location(s), date(s) time(s) and fees for administration of the
			 examination;
(8) Provides proof of
			 meeting the requirements of OAR 852 division 80 - Pharmaceutical Agents, for
			 licensure with the non-topical certification (AT) or non-topical certification
			 with injections (ATI);
(9) Receives
			 satisfactory results of a criminal records background check as defined in OAR
			 852-050-0025;
(10) Any applicant
			 whose conduct constitutes cheating or subverting of the process of the
			 evaluation of professional competency by the Board or by an examiner may be
			 dismissed from the examination and denied licensure.
(11) Designate if they are a telehealth only
			 licensee.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 683 & 182
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  683.220,
				  683.270 &
				  182.466