Md. Code Regs. 10.28.03.05

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 10.28.03.05 - Form of the Examination

A. The Board shall require and give any combination of written, oral, clinical, and practical examination.

B. Subjects for Examination. The following subjects may be included in the written, oral, clinical, and practical examinations:

(1) Optometric jurisprudence;

(2) Theoretic optics;

(3) Ophthalmic optics;

(4) Physiological and psychological optics;

(5) Optometry-theoretic and practical;

(6) Visual fields;

(7) Clinical examination;

(8) Anatomy (ocular and general);

(9) Physiology (ocular and general);

(10) Pathology (ocular and general);

(11) Vision training and orthoptic training;

(12) Contact lenses;

(13) Low vision;

(14) Tonometry;

(15) Biomicroscopy;

(16) Pharmacology;

(17) Physiology;

(18) Developmental vision;

(19) Primary care.

C. The Board may require candidates for licensure to take all or part of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry's written examinations.

D. A candidate for licensure, other than a candidate qualified under Health Occupations Article, §11-305, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall obtain a score of 300 on the basic science part, a score of 300 on the clinical science part, and a score of 300 on the patient care part of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) examinations.

E. A candidate for licensure shall obtain a grade of 75 on the Maryland Board of Examiners in Optometry jurisprudence examination.

Md. Code Regs. 10.28.03.05

Regulation .05 amended effective January 22, 1990 (17:1 Md. R. 70)