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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.28.03.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="28" chapter_num="03" heading="Requirements for Licensure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Preprofessional education—completion of 2 years of pre-optometric college study in an accredited institution of higher learning or its equivalent.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Professional education — completion of 4 scholastic years at:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An accredited college of optometry;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An accredited university school of optometry; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An equivalent of §B(1) or (2) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Board will accept applications for examination from graduates of those colleges of optometry or university schools of optometry:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Endorsed by the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO); and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Accredited by the Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>