Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1049 – Qualifications and requirements of applicants
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1049
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1041
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Ophthalmic surgery: means a procedure upon the human eye in which in vivo human tissue is injected, cut, burned, frozen, sutured, vaporized, coagulated, or photodisrupted by the use of surgical instrumentation such as, but not limited to, a scalpel, cryoprobe, laser, electric cautery, or ionizing radiation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1041
- Optometry: means that practice in which a person employs primary eye care procedures including ophthalmic surgery such as YAG laser capsulotomy, laser peripheral iridotomy, and laser trabeculoplasty, except for those surgery procedures specifically excluded in Subsection D of this Section; measures the powers and range of vision of the human eye using subjective or objective means, including the use of lenses and prisms before the eye and autorefractors or other automated testing devices to determine its accommodative and refractive state and general scope of function; and the adaptation, sale, and dispensing of frames and lenses in all their forms, including plano or zero power contact lenses, to overcome errors of refraction and restore as near as possible, normal human vision, or for orthotic, prosthetic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purposes with respect to contact lenses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1041
All persons desiring to become licensed to practice optometry shall:
(1) Be citizens of the United States or possess valid and current legal authority to reside and work in the United States duly issued by the Citizenship and Immigration Services agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, and be of good moral character.
(2) Have graduated from an approved high school or school maintaining a similar standard.
(3) Have graduated from a school or college of optometry approved by the board and hold the graduate level Doctor of Optometry degree.
(4) File with the secretary of the board upon the form furnished an application under oath stating that he fulfills each requirement of this Section and include with the application the papers required by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1050.
(5) Pass the examination required by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1051.
(6) Have reached the required level of performance on those parts of the examination administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry required by the board and cause to be furnished to the secretary of the board a true written copy of the score report of such national board examination.
(7) Have demonstrated that they have reached the qualification level necessary to become certified to treat abnormal conditions and pathology of the human eye and its adnexa as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 37:1051, and the rules and regulations established, published, and administered by the board.
(8) Meet the credentialing requirements of the board to perform authorized ophthalmic surgery procedures.
Acts 2003, No. 987, §1; Acts 2009, No. 289, §1; Acts 2014, No. 398, §1, eff. June 1, 2014; Acts 2022, No. 313, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.