New York Laws
Article 143 - Optometry
7104 - Requirements for a Professional License.

(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Education: have received an education, including a degree of
doctor of optometry or equivalent degree, in accordance with the
commissioner's regulations;
(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(6) Citizenship: meet no requirement as to United States citizenship;
(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
* (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for
persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination,
and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration
period, and for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing
diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars.
* NB Effective until October 25, 2023
* (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for
persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, a
fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period,
for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic
pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars, and for certification to
use or prescribe oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of two
hundred fifty dollars.
* NB Effective October 25, 2023