California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 7 — OptometryArticle 3 — Admission to PracticeSection 3053
All examinations shall be practical in character, designed to ascertain applicants’ fitness to practice the profession of optometry and conducted in the English language. The board may by rule or regulation accept the examination given by other agencies or organizations which it deems equivalent to the examination required to determine an applicant’s fitness to practice optometry.
Notes
Requires optometrist licensure examinations to be practical, conducted in English, and designed to determine applicants’ fitness to practice optometry. The board may by regulation accept an examination administered by another agency or organization when the board considers it equivalent to the examination otherwise required to assess that professional fitness.
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