ID H0011

Amends optometrist license qualification requirements to require applicants to present certified evidence of graduation from an accredited optometry college or university and pass a board examination.

Requires applicants for optometry licenses to be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents as provided in section 54-1501(3), Idaho Code, and board rules.

Effective January 1, 2021, all license holders must be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents or their licenses will expire on December 31, 2020, and cannot be renewed.

Grants grandfather rights to optometrists who received their licenses prior to 1990, exempting them from the therapeutic pharmaceutical agent certification requirement.

Clarifies that optometrists must display their license or a board-certified copy in a conspicuous location in their office where optometry is practiced.