Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-584
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Qualifications of applicants - Examination - Registration
Official statutory text
- Certificates to practice to persons from other states – National
criminal history record check.
A. Every person desiring to commence the practice of optometry
except as hereinafter provided, upon presentation of satisfactory
evidence, verified by oath, that he is more than twenty-one (21)
years of age and has met the undergraduate requirements and is a
graduate of an accredited school of optometry, conferring the degree
of Doctor of Optometry or its equivalent, shall, upon application,
be examined by the Board of Examiners to determine his or her
qualifications, and such examination shall be based upon the
subjects taught in the standard schools and colleges of optometry,
such as general and ocular pharmacology, anatomy of the eyes, use of
the ophthalmoscope, retinoscope and the use of trial lenses, general
anatomy, physiology, physics, chemistry, biology, bacteriology,
ocular pathology, ocular neurology, ocular myology, psychology,
physiological optics, optometrical mechanics, clinical optometry,
visual field charting and orthoptics, the general laws of optics and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 609
refraction, as is essential to the practice of optometry. Every
candidate successfully passing such examination shall be registered
by the Board as possessing the qualifications as required by Section
581 et seq. of this title and shall receive from the Board a
certificate thereof. Every optometrist desiring to use dangerous
drugs and controlled dangerous substances as specified in Section
581 of this title shall have satisfactorily completed courses in
general and ocular pharmacology at an institution accredited by the
Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation or the United States
Department of Education. The Board of Examiners in Optometry shall
approve such courses and shall certify those qualified by such
training to use dangerous drugs and controlled dangerous substances
as specified in Section 581 of this title. The use of any such
pharmaceuticals by an optometrist or the obtaining of same by an
optometrist shall be unlawful unless said optometrist is in
possession of a current certificate as provided in this section.
Such optometrist shall furnish evidence to any pharmacist or other
supplier from whom such pharmaceuticals are sought as to his holding
a current certificate. The Board may, in its discretion, issue said
certificates to practice, to persons otherwise qualified under this
act, who have established by legal proof their knowledge of
optometry, as shown by previous examination in any state of the
Union; provided, the examination in said state was, at the time
taken, of an equal standard with that of this state; provided,
further, that citizens of this state are by the statutes of said
state, admitted to practice on like conditions.
B. Every person desiring to commence the practice of optometry
shall be required to submit to a national criminal history record
check, as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. The costs associated with the national criminal history
record check shall be paid by such person.
criminal history record check.
A. Every person desiring to commence the practice of optometry
except as hereinafter provided, upon presentation of satisfactory
evidence, verified by oath, that he is more than twenty-one (21)
years of age and has met the undergraduate requirements and is a
graduate of an accredited school of optometry, conferring the degree
of Doctor of Optometry or its equivalent, shall, upon application,
be examined by the Board of Examiners to determine his or her
qualifications, and such examination shall be based upon the
subjects taught in the standard schools and colleges of optometry,
such as general and ocular pharmacology, anatomy of the eyes, use of
the ophthalmoscope, retinoscope and the use of trial lenses, general
anatomy, physiology, physics, chemistry, biology, bacteriology,
ocular pathology, ocular neurology, ocular myology, psychology,
physiological optics, optometrical mechanics, clinical optometry,
visual field charting and orthoptics, the general laws of optics and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 609
refraction, as is essential to the practice of optometry. Every
candidate successfully passing such examination shall be registered
by the Board as possessing the qualifications as required by Section
581 et seq. of this title and shall receive from the Board a
certificate thereof. Every optometrist desiring to use dangerous
drugs and controlled dangerous substances as specified in Section
581 of this title shall have satisfactorily completed courses in
general and ocular pharmacology at an institution accredited by the
Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation or the United States
Department of Education. The Board of Examiners in Optometry shall
approve such courses and shall certify those qualified by such
training to use dangerous drugs and controlled dangerous substances
as specified in Section 581 of this title. The use of any such
pharmaceuticals by an optometrist or the obtaining of same by an
optometrist shall be unlawful unless said optometrist is in
possession of a current certificate as provided in this section.
Such optometrist shall furnish evidence to any pharmacist or other
supplier from whom such pharmaceuticals are sought as to his holding
a current certificate. The Board may, in its discretion, issue said
certificates to practice, to persons otherwise qualified under this
act, who have established by legal proof their knowledge of
optometry, as shown by previous examination in any state of the
Union; provided, the examination in said state was, at the time
taken, of an equal standard with that of this state; provided,
further, that citizens of this state are by the statutes of said
state, admitted to practice on like conditions.
B. Every person desiring to commence the practice of optometry
shall be required to submit to a national criminal history record
check, as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. The costs associated with the national criminal history
record check shall be paid by such person.
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