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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
12/22/2024

18VAC105. Board of Optometry

VAC AGENCY NO. 105

BOARD OF OPTOMETRY

AGENCY SUMMARY

The Board of Optometry is a licensing and regulatory board housed within the Department of Health Professions. For the statutory authority of the boards within the department, see Subtitle III (§ 54.1-2400 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia.

The board is authorized by Chapter 32 (§ 54.1-3200 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia to license optometrists, to establish standards for licensure and governing practice, and to approve courses of continuing education required for annual license renewal. The board is also authorized to promulgate regulations regarding the certification of optometrists to administer diagnostic pharmaceutical agents for the purpose of examining the human eye and to certify qualified optometrists to prescribe certain therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of certain diseases and abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa.

Board regulations and guidance as well as contact information for the board are available through the board's website at https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Optometry/.

Rev. 07/2024

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