West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 14 - Optometry › Title 14 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF OPTOMETRY › Series 14-01 - Rules of the West Virginia Board of Optometry › Section 14-1-3 - Application Examination and Interview

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. Before any person may sit for the
				interview, he or she shall submit a written application on the Board's
				application form, which will be supplied by the Board or its designee. The
				application shall require the following: the applicant name, address, date and
				place of birth, citizenship and a detailed history of his or her educational
				qualifications, showing the name, the place where and the length of time which
				the applicant attended pre-optometry and optometry schools. The applicant shall
				also state in the application whether he or she has taken any other State Board
				examinations and the results of the examinations and whether or not he or she
				has actively engaged in practice of optometry in any other state. With the
				application he or she shall include two (2) current photographs of himself or
				herself, not to exceed two (2) inches by two (2) inches in size and his or her
				birth certificate.
3.2. In the
				application the applicant shall state that he or she shall abide by the laws of
				this State regulating the practice of optometry and by the rules adopted by the
				Board.
3.3. The application shall
				be subscribed and sworn by the applicant. His or her signature shall be
				witnessed and notarized by a notary public.
3.4. The Board shall deny the right to sit
				for the interview to any person furnishing false information in the
				application, or if the applicant has been licensed before it is made known to
				the Board of the falseness of the information, the license is subject to
				suspension, revocation or cancellation.
3.5. Certified transcripts from pre-optometry
				and optometry colleges attended by the applicant shall accompany each
				application. The certified transcripts of record shall show the total number of
				hours of attendance, the subjects studied, the grades given and the date of
				graduation.
3.6. Passing all
				required parts of the National Board Examination is to be confirmed by receipt
				of a passing grade report from the National Board of Examiners in Optometry or
				its successor, or equivalent and submitted with the application.
3.7. The applicant shall file the completed
				application and application fee with the Board or its designee no later than
				thirty (30) days prior to the first day of the interview dates. The completed
				application, records and fees are to be mailed to the Board or its designee in
				one (1) parcel and all transcripts are to be left sealed or the applicant may
				choose to have the schools that he or she has attended to send sealed certified
				transcripts directly to the Board or its designee. Applicants may also apply
				for licensure using the online application process on the Board's
				website.
3.8. The applicant shall
				take and pass the Online State Rule Examination for West Virginia optometry
				available through the National Board of Examiners in Optometry or its
				successor, or equivalent.
3.9. Only
				applicants qualified for the highest level of certification shall be granted a
				license and no license of any description shall be granted except those
				including, at a minimum, oral prescriptive and injection certifications.
				Applicants who do not satisfy all the requirements for oral and injection
				certification, and any other certification that may from time to time be
				established, shall not be permitted to sit for the license interview and shall
				not be granted a license of any description.
3.10. The fee for the application shall be
				determined by the Board's rule, Schedule of Fees, W. Va. Code of State Rules,
				§14CSR5.
3.11. A low-income
				individual may apply for a waiver of all initial licensing fees using a
				Board-approved form. The Low-Income Waiver of Initial Licensing Fees form,
				provided by the Board, and all required documentation shall be submitted with
				the applicant's application for licensure.
3.11.a. Upon receipt of a completed
				low-income waiver form and required documentation, the Board shall review the
				application for a waiver and issue a decision for approval or disapproval of
				the low-income waiver within thirty (30) days.