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2330 VETOES
(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board
may waive the examination requirements of this title for an
individual who is licensed to practice optometry in any other
state.
(b) The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if
the applicant:
(1) Pays the application fee required by the Board
under § 10-303 of this subtitle;
(2) Provides adequate evidence that the applicant:
(i) Meets the qualifications otherwise required
by this title, INCLUDING, FOR 5 3 YEARS BEFORE APPLYING, THE
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE EQUIVALENT TO THE
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE THE OTHER
STATE IN WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN PRACTICING OPTOMETRY, OR,
IF THE OTHER STATE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTINUING EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT, THE APPLICANT SHALL MEET THE EQUIVALENT OF 3 YEARS
OF THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE IN
COURSES APPROVED BY THE BOARD; [and]
(II) MEETS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT THE
BOARD ESTABLISHES IN SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION; AND
[(ii)] (III) Became licensed in the other
state after passing in that or any other state an examination
that . [is similar to the examination for which the applicant is
seeking the waiver;]
1.(III) AT THE TIME THE APPLICANT WAS
LICENSED IN THE OTHER STATE, WAS QUALIFIED TO TAKE THE
EXAMINATION THAT THEN WAS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE; AND
2.(IV) QUALIFIED FOR A LICENSE IN THE
OTHER STATE BY PASSING AN EXAMINATION GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF
OPTOMETRY IN THAT STATE.
(3) Presents a copy of the license, certified by the
issuing board; and
(4) Previously has not failed an examination given by
the Board.
(C) (1) THE BOARD MAY WAIVE THE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SUBTITLE FOR AN APPLICANT WHO:
(I) IF SO REQUIRED BY THE BOARD UNDER
SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, PASSES A CLINICAL AN EXAMINATION
ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARD; AND
(II) FOR 5 3 YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE
APPLYING, HAS PRACTICED OPTOMETRY ACTIVELY.
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