N.Y. Education Law § 7104: Requirements for a professional license

§ 7104. Requirements for a professional license. To 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.