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TITLE 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 14 - TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD
CHAPTER 271 - EXAMINATIONS
SUBCHAPTER 271.8.html - null
SECTION/RULE §271.8 - Converting Optometric License to Therapeutic Optometric License
Chapter Review Date 05/30/2024

Optometrists licensed in Texas who graduated prior to January 1, 1991, may apply for licensure as a therapeutic optometrist. Proof of the successful completion of the minimum of 90 Board-approved classroom hours in postgraduate courses of general and ocular pharmacology and related pathology and proof of the successful passage of the TMOD must be submitted with the application.

Source Note: The provisions of this §271.8 adopted to be effective September 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 7322.

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