Delinquent accounts not paid in full by the eighth (8) annual payment will be referred, with the approval of the Board of Optometric Scholarship and Loan Awards, to the Attorney General and the state licensure Board for appropriate action.

Failure to pay the balance of the loan shall constitute grounds for revocation of the loan recipient’s license to practice optometry in the state of Alabama. Any extenuating circumstances will be considered prior to referring delinquent accounts to the Attorney General and state licensing Board.

Author: Board of Optometric Scholarship and Loan Awards

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§34-22-60, et seq.

History: Filed September 7, 1984. Amended: Published June 30, 2025; effective August 14, 2025.