45:12-5 - Applications for certificate of registrations;  qualifications of  applicants;  examination;  issuance of certificate

45:12-5.  Applications for certificate of registrations;  qualifications of  applicants;  examination;  issuance of certificate
    A person desiring to commence the practice of optometry shall file with the  secretary of the board, upon blanks to be furnished by the secretary, an application, verified by oath of the applicant, stating therein that he is more  than 21 years of age, of good moral character, is a citizen of the United  States, or has declared his intention to become such a citizen, has a preliminary education equivalent to a course of at least 4 years in an approved  public or private high school and has been graduated from a school or college  of optometry maintaining a standard satisfactory to the board and which was in  good standing in the opinion of the board at the date of graduation, and shall  have received a diploma conferring upon him the degree of doctor of optometry  or what in the opinion of the board may be considered the equivalent thereof,  and shall have taken an examination before the board to determine his  qualifications therefor.  If the examination of any applicant for registration  shall be satisfactory to the majority of the board, he shall receive from it a  certificate of registration authorizing him to practice optometry.  All  examination papers of applicants shall be deposited in the New Jersey State  Library, and remain there for a period of 1 year, at the expiration of which  time they shall be destroyed, and they shall be prima facie evidence of all  matters therein contained.

     Amended by L.1952, c. 255, p. 870, s. 2;  L.1965, c. 209, s. 1, eff. Dec. 23,  1965.