54-1520. LICENSE — QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS — ISSUANCE. (1) Every applicant for a license to practice optometry shall:
(a) Not have been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deemed relevant in accordance with section 67-9411(1), Idaho Code;
(b) Be more than twenty-one (21) years of age;
(c) Present certified evidence of graduation from an accredited college or university of optometry that meets the requirements in rules of the board;
(d) Pass an examination as provided in rules of the board; and
(e) Be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents as provided in section 54-1501(3), Idaho Code, and in rules of the board.
(2) An applicant meeting the qualifications required in this chapter shall be issued a license to practice optometry in this state.
History:
[54-1520, added 1972, ch. 91, sec. 2, p. 179; am. 2017, ch. 230, sec. 1, p. 557; am. 2022, ch. 246, sec. 13, p. 797.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
Section 54-1501 - PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY DEFINED.
Section 54-1502 - LICENSE A PREREQUISITE TO PRACTICE.
Section 54-1502A - NONLICENSED PERSONS — PENALTIES AND REMEDIES.
Section 54-1503 - STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY ESTABLISHED — QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 54-1506 - LICENSE FEES.
Section 54-1508 - STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY — ORGANIZATION — MEETINGS — EXPENSES.
Section 54-1509 - STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY — POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 54-1510 - REVOCATION OF LICENSES — GROUNDS.
Section 54-1512 - PENALTIES AND REINSTATEMENT.
Section 54-1513 - DUTY OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY — DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 54-1514 - PUBLICATION OF DIRECTORY AND LAW.
Section 54-1515 - LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Section 54-1516 - LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF CHAPTER — NURSES, SCHOOL TEACHERS OR WELFARE WORKERS.
Section 54-1518 - DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES — POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 54-1519 - EXAMINATIONS — APPLICATIONS.
Section 54-1520 - LICENSE — QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS — ISSUANCE.
Section 54-1521 - CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS — SUBJECT INCLUDED.
Section 54-1522 - LICENSE — RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT — CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.