645—180.2(154) Requirements for licensure.
	180.2(1) The following criteria shall apply to licensure:
	a. 	Applicants shall complete a board-approved application. Applications may be completed at the board’s website (www.idph.iowa.gov/licensure).
	b. 	Applicants shall submit the appropriate fees payable to the Board of Optometry. The fees are nonrefundable.
	c. 	No application will be considered complete until official copies of academic transcripts sent directly to the board from an accredited school or college of optometry are received by the board and the applicant submits proof of satisfactory completion of all educational requirements contained in Iowa Code chapter 154.
	d. 	Applicants shall provide evidence of passing all current NBEO examinations including the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease examination.
	e. 	Licensees who were issued their licenses within six months prior to the renewal date shall not be required to renew their licenses until the renewal date two years later.
	180.2(2) Rescinded IAB 8/7/13, effective 9/11/13.
[ARC 0899C, IAB 8/7/13, effective 9/11/13; ARC 3428C, IAB 10/25/17, effective 11/29/17; ARC 5776C, IAB 7/14/21, effective 8/18/21; ARC 6374C, IAB 6/29/22, effective 8/3/22]