Person(s) entitle to practice optometry Kansas shall be those person(s) licensed in accordance with the provisions of the optometry law. A person shall be qualified to be licensed and to receive a license as an optometrist who is of good moral character; and in determining the character of any such person, the board may take into consideration any felony conviction of such person, but such conviction shall not automatically operate as a bar to licensure; who has graduated from a school or college of optometry approved by the board and who successfully meets and completes the requirements set by the board and passes an examination given by the board.
All persons before taking the examination required by the board to be certified as a diagnostic and therapeutic licensee shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board of having successfully completed a course approved by the board in didactic education and clinical training in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the human eye and its adnexae, totaling at least 100 hours. Therapeutic licensees can prescribe oral antibacterial drugs, oral antiviral drugs, oral antihistamines and oral analgesic drugs for ocular conditions.Anti-glaucoma agents for ocular conditions must be prescribed in consultation with an ophthalmologist.
All applicants for glaucoma licensure, in addition to successfully completing all other requirements for licensure, shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board of: (1) Professional Liability Insurance in an amount acceptable to the board, (2) completion of a course of instruction approved by the board after consultation with the inter-professional advisory committee which includes at least 24 hours of training in the treatment and co-management for a period of at least 24 months and not less than 20 diagnoses of suspected or confirmed glaucoma, except that the board may eliminate or shorten the co-management period, and eliminate or reduce the number of diagnoses of suspected or confirmed glaucoma for applicants who graduated from approved optometric schools or colleges after July 1, 1998.
Application for Examination (MSWord document)
THE 2008 EXAMINATION DATES ARE JULY 25-26, 2008.
Those optometrists not licensed in Kansas may contact the Executive Officer of the Kansas State Board of Examiners in Optometry to request applications and information on license requirements. That address is:
Kansas State Board of Examiners in Optometry
Penny Keelan Bowie, Executive Officer
3109 W 6th Street, Suite B
Lawrence, KS 66049
OR
kssbeo@ksmail.state.ks.us