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Requirements for TPA certification shall include:1\n\nSatisfactory completion of such didactic and clinical training programs for the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa as are determined to be reasonable and necessary by the Board to ensure an appropriate standard of medical care for patients; and2\n\nPassage of such examinations as are determined to be reasonable and necessary by the Board to ensure an appropriate standard of medical care for patients.C\n\nEvery license to practice optometry granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be renewed at such time, in such manner, and upon payment of such fees as the Board may prescribe.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":216656,"text":"Every candidate successfully passing the examination shall be licensed by the Board if such candidate possesses the qualifications required by law and regulation to practice optometry.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":216657,"text":"In order to be qualified for licensure as an optometrist, every applicant shall demonstrate competency for certification to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents (TPAs). 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 341; in 1976, chapter 32; in 1977, chapter 161; in 1979, chapter 39; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2023, chapter 268<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59086,"identifier":"54.1-3213","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/3\/54.1-3213","url":"\/54.1-3213\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3213\/","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/3\/54.1-3213","dublin_core":{"Title":"License to practice optometry; requirements; renewal; fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3213","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every candidate successfully passing the examination shall be licensed by the Board<\/span> if such candidate possesses the qualifications required by law<\/span> and regulation to practice optometry. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In order<\/span> to be qualified for licensure as an optometrist<\/span>, every applicant shall demonstrate competency for certification to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents (TPAs). Requirements for TPA certification shall include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Satisfactory completion of such didactic and clinical training programs for the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa as are determined to be reasonable and necessary by the Board<\/span> to ensure an appropriate standard of medical care for patients; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Passage of such examinations as are determined to be reasonable and necessary by the Board<\/span> to ensure an appropriate standard of medical care for patients. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Every license to practice optometry granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be renewed at such time, in such manner, and upon payment of such fees as the Board<\/span> may prescribe. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE TO PRACTICE OPTOMETRY; REQUIREMENTS; RENEWAL; FEES (\u00a7 54.1-3213)\n\nA. Every candidate successfully passing the examination shall be licensed by the\nBoard if such candidate possesses the qualifications required by law and\nregulation to practice optometry.\n\nB. In order to be qualified for licensure as an optometrist, every applicant\nshall demonstrate competency for certification to prescribe for and treat\ndiseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic\npharmaceutical agents (TPAs). Requirements for TPA certification shall include:\n\n 1. Satisfactory completion of such didactic and clinical training programs for\n the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa as\n are determined to be reasonable and necessary by the Board to ensure an\n appropriate standard of medical care for patients; and\n\n 2. Passage of such examinations as are determined to be reasonable and\n necessary by the Board to ensure an appropriate standard of medical care for\n patients.\n\nC. Every license to practice optometry granted under the provisions of this\nchapter shall be renewed at such time, in such manner, and upon payment of such\nfees as the Board may prescribe.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-383, 54-393, 54-394; 1970, c. 341; 1976, c. 32;\n1977, c. 161; 1979, c. 39; 1988, c. 765; 2023, c. 268.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}