(a)
- (1) Upon successful completion of an approved post-graduate course in ocular therapy and pharmacology, the optometrist may apply to the State Board of Optometry to begin the required internship program.
- (2) No optometrist shall be authorized until he or she has served in an internship program established by the board.
- (3) The internship shall consist of at least one hundred (100) hours of supervised clinical training in the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the human eye and adnexa.
(b)
- (1) The internship program shall be conducted under the supervision of a board-certified ophthalmologist.
- (2) Each ophthalmologist shall certify the hours attained under his or her supervision by the intern (optometrist) in the area specified in subsection (a) of this section.
- (3) The intern (optometrist) shall log his or her hours in the logbook provided by the board.
- (4) The board shall certify that each intern (optometrist) has met the one-hundred-hour minimum training in the area specified in subsection (a) of this section.
- (c) Those optometrists who graduate after the effective date of Acts 1987, No. 101, (July 20, 1987) shall be required to successfully pass a test in pharmacology given or approved by the board and then shall apply to the board for a log book to begin their one hundred-hour internship program.