§ 7104. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as an optometrist, an applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements:

(1) Application: file an application with the department;

(2) Education: have received an education, including a degree of
doctor of optometry or equivalent degree, in accordance with the
commissioner's regulations;

(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

(4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(6) Citizenship: meet no requirement as to United States citizenship;

(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and

(8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for
persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, a
fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period,
for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic
pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars, and for certification to
use or prescribe oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of two
hundred fifty dollars.