TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 15

OPTOMETRISTS

54-1522.  License — Renewal and reinstatement — certification requirement. (1) License renewal and reinstatement shall be in accordance with section 67-2614, Idaho Code.

(2)  Effective January 1, 2021, every holder of a license to practice optometry must be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents as provided in section 54-1501(3), Idaho Code, and in rules of the board.

(3)  Any license under this chapter issued to a licensee who has not met the qualifications and been certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to section 54-1501(3), Idaho Code, shall expire on December 31, 2020, and shall not be subject to renewal or reinstatement; provided however, that licensees who received their license prior to 1990 shall be excused from the provisions of this subsection, and their licenses shall be accorded grandfather rights.

History:

[54-1522, added 1972, ch. 91, sec. 2, p. 179; am. 1974, ch. 13, sec. 134, p. 138; am. 1998, ch. 252, sec. 1, p. 822; am. 2003, ch. 21, sec. 9, p. 82; am. 2016, ch. 116, sec. 1, p. 329; am. 2017, ch. 230, sec. 2, p. 557.]