N.Y. Education Law Section 7104
Requirements for a professional license

To qualify for a license as an optometrist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(1)

Application: file an application with the department;

(2)

Education: have received an education, including a degree of doctor of optometry or equivalent degree, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(3)

Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(4)

Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(5)

Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(6)

Citizenship: meet no requirement as to United States citizenship;

(7)

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

(8)

Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period, for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars, and for certification to use or prescribe oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of two hundred fifty dollars.

Source: Section 7104 — Requirements for a professional license, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/7104 (updated Oct. 27, 2023; accessed Nov. 8, 2025).

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