Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 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.[54-1520, added 1972, ch. 91, sec. 2, p. 179; am. 2017 , ch. 230, sec. 1 , p. 557.]Amended by 2022 Session Laws, ch. 246, sec. 13, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2017 Session Laws, ch. 230, sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2017.