Wyo. Code R. 056-0001-2
Optometry, Board of Examiners in
Chapter 2: Licensure Requirements
Effective Date: 10/15/1998 to 01/18/2005
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 056.0001.2.10151998
(a) As of May 22, 1987 all licenses issued by the Board will contain the letter “T” following the license number. This designates the holder as being qualified and authorized in the use of diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in his/her scope of practice.
(b) Any person licensed by the Board prior to May 22, 1987 who intends to employ diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents is required to complete a one hundred (100) hour course in ocular therapeutics and pass a nationally recognized examination in ocular therapeutics prior to the issuance of a therapeutically designated license.
Every applicant for licensure must be a graduate of a regularly established school or college of optometry requiring not less than four (4) years of instruction in the study of optometry consisting of not less than one thousand (1,000) hours of classroom work each year. The institution must be accredited by the Board and;
(i) A regional or professional accreditation organization which is approved by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, or
(ii) The United States Commissioner of Education.
Every applicant for licensure shall have successfully completed an examination which includes the subjects of general anatomy, general mathematics, general optics, theoretical optometry, practical optics, hygiene, optical laboratory work, general physiology, general physics, ocular pathology, theoretical optics, practical optometry, psychology and clinical work, general and ocular diagnostic and therapeutic pharmacology and such other subjects as shall be pertinent to optometry. For the purposes of licensure the Board will require the following in fulfillment of the examination requirement:
(a) Parts one (1), two (2), and three (3), and the treatment and management of ocular disease (TMOD) section, of the Examination as administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry with a passing grade as determined by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.
(i) Re-examinations shall be in accordance with the requirements established by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.
(b) The State of Wyoming, Board of Examiners in Optometry Examination with an average passing grade of seventy-five percent (75%) in each of the subjects involved.
(i) Successful completion of the State exam is required for all applicants applying for licensure by examination or reciprocity.
(ii) The Board shall administer the State exam once (1) per year.
(iii) Special arrangements may be made with the Board if there is substantial need for the applicant to be examined and/or licensed prior to the next scheduled administration of the exam. The applicant shall bear the cost of administration of a special exam.
(iv) Applicants failing the State examination are entitled to re-examination at the next scheduled administration and shall be examined only in those subjects in which the applicant failed to obtain an average of eighty-five (85) percent.
(A) Only one (1) such re-examination shall be granted to any one (1) applicant.
(B) Arrangements for re-examination shall be made upon payment of the re-examination fee.
(C) If the applicant fails to appear for a scheduled re-examination, the re-examination fee shall be forfeited. The Board may negate forfeiture of the re-examination fees for failure to appear upon application of applicant for good cause shown.
(a) Every applicant for licensure shall not have been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or controlled substances which may impair the applicant’s ability to provide competent health care or which could pose a threat to the safety of the consumer public. A plea of nolo contendere shall create a rebuttable presumption of guilt to the underlying criminal charges.