Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1050 – Application requirements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1050
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1041
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- 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
A. The application required by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1049 shall be accompanied by a certificate under oath of the applicant’s credits from the schools of his graduation, by a photostatic copy of his diploma or certificate of graduation, by a true copy of the score report of the examination administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry required by the board, by the applicant’s fee required by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1058, and by a photograph of the applicant. Failure to comply with these requirements shall constitute sufficient grounds to refuse the applicant the right to take the examination.
B. The application, together with the supporting documents, shall be filed with the secretary-treasurer of the board on or before thirty days prior to the date set for examination unless, in the opinion of the board, the documents, through no fault of the applicant, are not available at this time.
Acts 2003, No. 987, §1; Acts 2011, No. 149, §1.