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18VAC105-20-16: Requirements for TPA certification
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
- Agency 105. Board of Optometry
- Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Optometry
A. An applicant for licensure shall meet the following requirements for TPA certification:
1. Complete a full-time, postgraduate or equivalent graduate-level optometric training program that is approved by the board and that shall include a minimum of 20 hours of clinical supervision by an ophthalmologist; and
2. Submit a passing score on the TPA certification examination, which shall be TMOD or be TPA-certified by an examination satisfactory to the board.
B. A candidate for certification by the board who fails the examination as required in subdivision A 2 of this section, following three attempts, shall complete additional postgraduate training as determined by the board to be eligible for TPA certification.
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