§ 25-24-2-1 — Minimum requirements; disciplinary action in another state

(a) The minimum requirements which must be
fulfilled before an applicant will be permitted to take an examination
for a license to practice optometry in Indiana are as follows:
(1) Applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) Applicant must not have a conviction for:
(A) an act which would constitute a ground for disciplinary
sanction under IC 25-1-9; or
(B) a crime that has a direct bearing on the applicant's ability to
practice competently.
(3) Applicant must be a graduate of a commissioned high school.
(4) Applicant must be a graduate from a college of optometry
under one (1) of the following conditions:
(A) Graduation prior to March 5, 1951, or attendance at or
matriculation in a college of optometry whose requirements for
graduation were equivalent to those required by the Indiana
state board of registration and examination in optometry at the
time of such matriculation.
(B) Two (2) years of preoptometry or two (2) years of
premedicine in a college of arts and science whose credits will
be accepted by a university having a college or school of
optometry, and at least four (4) years of optometry in a college
of optometry using university standards.
(b) The board may not issue a license to an applicant who has been
disciplined by the licensing entity of another state or jurisdiction, if it
appears to the satisfaction of the board that the disciplinary action
taken against the applicant by the licensing entity of the other state or
jurisdiction was warranted due to the applicant's inability to practice
optometry without endangering the public.
Formerly: Acts 1951, c.190, s.1; Acts 1972, P.L.187, SEC.2;
Acts 1973, P.L.252, SEC.11. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222,
SEC.183; Acts 1982, P.L.113, SEC.63; P.L.169-1985, SEC.85;
P.L.152-1988, SEC.20.