Section 7104 - Requirements for a professional licenseTo qualify for a license as an optometrist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;(2) Education: have received an education, including a degree of doctor of optometry or equivalent degree, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;(4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;(6) Citizenship: meet no requirement as to United States citizenship;(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and(8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period, for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars, and for certification to use or prescribe oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of two hundred fifty dollars.Amended by New York Laws 2021 , ch. 506, Sec. 12, eff. 10/25/2023.