New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Optometry
Section 61-2-8 - Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

Each applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant:
A. has reached the age of majority;
B. is of good moral character and of temperate habits;
C. has completed at least an approved four-year high school course of study or the equivalent as determined by regulations of the board; and
D. has graduated and been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry approved and accredited by the board. In the event the applicant applies for licensure by endorsement, the applicant shall have been awarded a doctor of optometry degree from a school or college of optometry, approved and accredited by the board, which had a minimum course of study of four thousand clock hours of instruction leading to that degree.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-1-7, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 353, § 7; 2021, ch. 70, § 7.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-2-18 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For the age of majority, see 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
For the Parental Responsibility Act, see 4-5A-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, removed proof of naturalization or United States citizenship as a requirement for licensure as an optometrist; and deleted former Subsection D and redesignated the succeeding subsection accordingly.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61 Am. Jur. 2d Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers §§ 51 to 62.
Constitutionality of statutes and validity of regulations relating to optometry, 98 A.L.R. 905, 22 A.L.R.2d 939.
Validity of governmental regulation of optometry, 22 A.L.R.2d 939.
70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers § 19.

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