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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
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Agency 105. Board of Optometry |
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Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Optometry |
Section 16. Requirements for TPA certification
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A. An applicant for licensure shall meet the following requirements for TPA certification:
1. Complete a full-time, postgraduate or equivalent graduate-level optometric training program that is approved by the board and that shall include a minimum of 20 hours of clinical supervision by an ophthalmologist; and
2. Take and pass the TPA certification examination, which shall be Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease (TMOD) of the NBEO or, if TPA-certified by a state examination, provide evidence of comparability to the NBEO examination that is satisfactory to the board.
B. A candidate for certification by the board who fails the examination as required in subdivision A 2 of this section, following three attempts, shall complete additional postgraduate training as determined by the board to be eligible for TPA certification.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 22, Issue 04, eff. November 30, 2005; amended, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 20, eff. July 12, 2006.