ORS 683.060
Examination of applicants

  • fee

(1)

Any person who has signified to the Oregon Board of Optometry a desire to be examined by it and who has filed proof that the person is qualified under ORS 683.010 (Definitions for ORS 683.010 to 683.310) to 683.340 (Duty to report prohibited conduct) and the rules of the board to take the examination shall pay a fee to be determined by the board. The applicant shall be examined in the anatomy of the eye, in the use of pharmaceutical agents in optometry, in normal and abnormal refractive and accommodative and muscular conditions and coordination of the eye, in subjective and objective optometry, including the fitting of glasses, the principles of lens grinding and frame adjusting, and in such other subjects as pertain to the science and practice of optometry, such subjects to be enumerated in a publication by the board.

(2)

The board may, in its discretion, require the certificate of successful examination of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry in one or more areas of the examination in lieu of its examination in such areas.

(3)

If an applicant fails to pass a second examination, the board may permit additional examinations upon compliance by the applicant with the law and the rules of the board.

(4)

Any person who petitions the board to prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents who has not previously been examined by the board on such use shall pass an examination on the use and potential side effect of such agents as used in optometry and shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board clinical competency in the prescription of pharmaceutical agents listed on the optometric nontopical formulary and pharmaceutical agents approved by the board for topical use. [Amended by 1955 c.120 §1; 1971 c.102 §4; 1975 c.175 §3; 1977 c.243 §1; 1991 c.967 §3; 1993 c.28 §1; 1997 c.643 §27; 2001 c.632 §3]

Source: Section 683.060 — Examination of applicants; fee, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors683.­html.

683.010
Definitions for ORS 683.010 to 683.310
683.020
License required to practice optometry
683.030
Persons and practices not affected
683.035
Discrimination against optometrists prohibited
683.040
Qualifications of applicants
683.060
Examination of applicants
683.070
Issuance of certificates of licensure
683.080
Validity of certificates issued under former law
683.100
Notice to board of place of practice
683.110
Optometrist to give receipt when practicing away from regular place of business
683.120
License renewal
683.130
Clinics and instructors connected with educational institutions
683.140
Grounds for and nature of discipline
683.155
Hearing
683.165
Confidential information
683.170
Sanction may be set aside by board
683.180
Prohibited acts and practices
683.190
Acceptance of lens for duplication by unlicensed person prohibited
683.200
Standards of liability
683.210
Continuing education requirement
683.220
Licensing of applicant holding license in another state
683.230
Practice of telemedicine
683.240
Council on Optometric Nontopical Formulary
683.250
Oregon Board of Optometry
683.260
Persons ineligible for membership on board
683.270
Powers and duties of board
683.278
Continuing authority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of license
683.290
Disposition of receipts
683.310
Professional corporation regulation not required
683.325
Investigation of complaints and alleged violations
683.330
Injunction for violation
683.335
Report of suspected violation
683.340
Duty to report prohibited conduct
683.510
Definitions for ORS 683.520 to 683.530
683.520
Scope of practice of optician
683.525
Acceptance of lens for duplication
683.530
Discrimination against opticians prohibited
683.990
Penalties
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