License — Qualifications Of Applicants — Issuance

TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 15 OPTOMETRISTS 54-1520. license — Qualifications of applicants — issuance. (1) Every applicant for a license to practice optometry shall: (a)  Not have been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deemed relevant in accordance with section 67-9411 (1), Idaho Code; (b)  Be more than twenty-one (21) years of age; (c)  Present certified evidence of graduation from an accredited college or university of optometry that meets the requirements in rules of the board; (d)  Pass an examination as provided in rules of the board; and (e)  Be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents as provided in section 54-1501 (3), Idaho Code, and in rules of the board. (2)  An applicant meeting the qualifications required in this chapter shall be issued a license to practice optometry in this state.