# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 28 — Board of Examiners in Optometry

### Chapter 03 — Examination and Licensing of Optometrists

#### Regulation .02 Requirements for Licensure.

*COMAR 10.28.03.02*

A. Preprofessional education—completion of 2 years of pre-optometric college study in an accredited institution of higher learning or its equivalent.

B. Professional education — completion of 4 scholastic years at:

  (1) An accredited college of optometry;

  (2) An accredited university school of optometry; or

  (3) An equivalent of §B(1) or (2) of this regulation.

C. The Board will accept applications for examination from graduates of those colleges of optometry or university schools of optometry:

  (1) Endorsed by the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO); and

  (2) Accredited by the Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association.