Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 18VAC105-20-60 - Renewal of licensure; reinstatement; renewal feesA. Every person authorized by the board to practice optometry shall, on or before December 31 of 2018, submit a completed renewal form and pay the prescribed annual licensure fee. Beginning with calendar year 2020, the renewal of licensure deadline shall be March 31 of each year. For calendar year 2019, no renewal is required.B. It shall be the duty and responsibility of each licensee to assure that the board has the licensee's current address of record and the public address, if different from the address of record. All changes of address or name shall be furnished to the board within 30 days after the change occurs. All notices required by law or by these rules and regulations are to be deemed to be validly tendered when mailed to the address of record given and shall not relieve the licensee of the obligation to comply.C. The license of every person who does not complete the renewal form and submit the renewal fee each year may be renewed for up to one year by paying the prescribed renewal fee and late fee, provided the requirements of 18VAC105-20-70 have been met. After the renewal deadline, a license that has not been renewed is lapsed. Practicing optometry in Virginia with a lapsed license may subject the licensee to disciplinary action.D. An optometrist whose license has been lapsed for more than one year and who wishes to resume practice in Virginia shall apply for reinstatement. The executive director may grant reinstatement provided that: 1. The applicant has a current, unrestricted license in another United States jurisdiction and has been engaged in active clinical practice within the 12 months immediately preceding application for reinstatement; or2. The applicant has satisfied current requirements for continuing education as specified in 18VAC105-20-70 for the period in which the license has been lapsed, not to exceed two years; and3. The applicant has paid the prescribed reinstatement application fee.18 Va. Admin. Code § 105-20-60
Derived from VR510-01-1 §6, eff. October 30, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 3, eff. December 9, 1987; Volume 4, Issue 19, eff. July 20, 1988; Volume 5, Issue 10, eff. March 13, 1989; Volume 8, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1992; Volume 11, Issue 20, eff. July 26, 1995; Volume 15, Issue 6, eff. January 6, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 17, eff. June 6, 2001; Volume 19, Issue 7, eff. January 15, 2003; Volume 25, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2009; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 07, eff. 1/15/2015; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 16, eff. 5/2/2018; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 06, eff. 12/11/2019.Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3223 of the Code of Virginia.