Rhode Island General Laws 5-35.1-2. Qualifications to practice optometry
Every applicant for licensure shall present satisfactory evidence in the form of affidavits properly sworn to that he or she:
(1) Is of good moral character; and
(2) Has graduated from a school or college of optometry that maintains a course in optometry of not less than four (4) years and is approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) or other accrediting body as approved by the board; and
(3) Has successfully passed a national examination or other examinations approved by the department and the board; and
(4) Any other qualifications as may be established in rules and regulations promulgated by the department.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 305, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 433, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-35.1-2
- Board: means the board of optometry established under the provisions of § 5-35. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-35.1-1
- Department: means the department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-35.1-1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Optometry: means the profession whose practitioners are engaged in the art and science of the evaluation of vision and the examination of vision and the examination and refraction of the human eye that includes: the employment of any objective or subjective means for the examination of the human eye or its appendages; the measurement of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodative and refractive powers of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general and the adaptation of lenses, prisms, and/or frames for the aid of these; the prescribing, directing the use of, or administering ocular exercises, visual training, vision training, or orthoptics, and the use of any optical device in connection with these; the prescribing of contact lenses for, or the fitting or adaptation of contact lenses to, the human eye; the examination or diagnosis of the human eye to ascertain the presence of abnormal conditions or functions; and the application of pharmaceutical agents to the eye, provided, that no optometrist licensed in this state shall perform any surgery for the purpose of detecting any diseased or pathological condition of the eye. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-35.1-1