Except as provided in s. Opt 3.025, an applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall submit all of the following:

1. (1) An application and required fee under s. 440.05, Stats.
2. (2) Official documentation of graduation from a program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE).
3. (3) Verification of passing parts I, II, including passage of the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease examination, and III of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry examination.
4. (4) Verification of passing the examination assessing knowledge of state laws and administrative rules regarding the practice of optometry.
5. (5) If the applicant has an arrest or conviction record, documentation necessary for the board to determine whether the circumstances substantially relate to the practice of optometry, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, Stats.

History

History: Cr. Register, March, 1989, No. 399, eff. 4-1-89; am. (1) (a), Register, July, 1994, No. 463, eff. 8-1-94; am. (1) (a), Register, April, 1996, No. 484, eff. 5-1-96; am. (1) (intro.) and (a), r. and recr. (1) (b), r. (2), renum. (3) to (5) to be (1) (c), (2) and (3) and am. (1) (c), Register, September, 1997, No. 501, eff. 10-1-97; am. (1) (b), Register, December, 1998, No. 516, eff. 1-1-99; CR 06-116: am. (1) (intro.) Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07; CR 15-078: r. and recr. Register December 2016 No. 732, eff. 1-1-17; EmR1906: emerg. am. (3), eff. 3-12-19; CR 19-033: am. (3) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20; CR 21-004: am. (intro.) Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7-1-22.