Form Doh 662-097 - Optometrist License Application Packet Page 5
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27Certification Requirements
Requirements for Licensure
- See
WAC
246-851-490:
To qualify for license in Washington, an applicant must:
F Successfully complete Parts I and II and Part III of the National Board of Examiners
in Optometry (NBEO) Examinations.
y If you completed the NBEO Part II prior to January 1, 1993, you must also
successfully complete the International Association of Examiners in Optometry
(IAB) examination in treatment and management of ocular disease (TMOD).
y Part III must be successfully completed after January 1, 1993.
Scores must be sent directly form the NBEO. For additional information on how to
have your scores sent, go to the NBEO website at
F Successfully complete and return the open book Washington State Board of
Optometry
jurisprudence
examination.
F Graduate from a state accredited high school or equivalent.
F Be of good moral character
F Graduate from a school or college of optometry accredited by the Council on
Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association and approved by
the Washington State Board of Optometry; Official transcripts must be submitted
directly form the school or college of optometry with the degrees posted.
F Applicants who receive their license after January 1, 2007, must be licensed at the
highest level. Specifically, applicants must meet requirements (a) through (e) above
and also meet the requirements to use or prescribe topically applied drugs for
diagnostic and therapeutic purposes (DPA and TPA), meet the requirements to use
and prescribe oral drugs and meet the requirements for administration of injectable
epinephrine.
F The
Out-of-State credential Verification
included must be received from every
state where you hold or have held a healthcare practitioner credential.
DOH 662-103 April 2017
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