# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 11. Optometrists

### Subtitle 3

#### Section 11-307.1

(a) An applicant for a limited license shall:

  (1) Submit to the Board:

    (i) An application on the form the Board requires; and

    (ii) A written confirmation of participation from the institution in which the applicant intends to participate in a postgraduate teaching, research, or training program; and

  (2) Submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 11-302.1 of this subtitle.

(b) The Board may waive the examination requirements of this subtitle and issue a limited license to practice optometry to an individual who:

  (1) Is qualified for a postgraduate teaching, research, or training position;

  (2) Is applying to participate in a postgraduate teaching, research, or training program approved by the Board under this subsection;

  (3) Is eligible to sit for the Maryland licensure examination;

  (4) Is licensed, at the time of application, to practice optometry in another state; and

  (5) Pays the fee set by the Board.

(c) A limited license authorizes the licensee for 1 year to practice optometry only:

  (1) At the institution that has been approved by the Board and is designated on the individual's license;

  (2) At other institutions that are affiliated with the designated institution; and

  (3) On the patients of the designated institution or its affiliates.

(d) The Board may renew a limited license once for an additional 1-year term if the holder:

  (1) Otherwise meets the requirements of this section;

  (2) Submits a renewal application to the Board on the form that the Board requires;

  (3) Pays to the Board the limited license renewal fee set by the Board; and

  (4) Submits to the Board satisfactory evidence of having completed a criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 11-302.1 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)