336.030. Persons qualified to receive certificate of registration. - Missouri Statutes

Persons qualified to receive certificate of registration.

336.030. 1. A person is qualified to receive a license as anoptometrist:

(1) Who is at least twenty-one years of age;

(2) Who is of good moral character;

(3) Who has graduated from a college or school of optometry approvedby the board; and

(4) Who has met either of the following conditions:

(a) Has passed an examination satisfactory to, conducted by, orapproved by the board to determine his or her fitness to receive a licenseas an optometrist with pharmaceutical certification and met therequirements of licensure as may be required by rule and regulation; or

(b) Has been licensed and has practiced for at least three years inthe five years immediately preceding the date of application withpharmaceutical certification in another state, territory, country, orprovince in which the requirements are substantially equivalent to therequirements in this state and has satisfactorily completed any practicalexamination or any examination on Missouri laws as may be required by ruleand regulation.

2. The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations providing forthe examination and certification of optometrists who apply to the boardfor the authority to practice optometry in this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 10115, A.L. 1943 p. 973, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)

Prior revision: 1929 § 13503