(a) The Board determines that the written examination by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) known as Part I and Part II complies in all material respects with the examination requirements of §351.256 of the Act. The passing score on each Part of the National Board written examination is determined by the criterion-referenced standard setting approach, in which the passing score is set at the scaled score of 300. The Board will accept scores from an NBEO written examination if Part I or II was satisfactorily completed on or after January 1, 1984.
(b) The Board determines that the practical examination known as Part III by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) complies in all material respects with the practical examination requirements of §351.256 of the Act. The passing scores on Part III shall be determined by the NBEO. The Board will accept scores from an NBEO Part III examination if Part III was satisfactorily completed on or after June of 1994.
(c) All applicants must comply with the application process and qualification criteria of §351.254 of the Act, as well as all applicable Board rules.
(d) Each applicant shall submit a true and correct copy of the applicant's score report and such other evidence of having achieved a passing grade on each part of the NBEO examination as outlined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. No license will be issued to an applicant until evidence of passage of the NBEO examination is received.

Source Note: The provisions of this §271.6 adopted to be effective March 13, 1986, 11 TexReg 1043; amended to be effective July 11, 1986, 11 TexReg 2981; amended to be effective November 25, 1986, 11 TexReg 4624; amended to be effective March 28, 1988, 13 TexReg 1259; amended to be effective November 3, 1989, 14 TexReg 5624; amended to be effective January 1, 1992, 16 TexReg 7488; amended to be effective September 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 5744; amended to be effective February 15, 1995, 20 TexReg 646; amended to be effective December 28, 1995, 20 TexReg 10766; amended to be effective August 2, 1998, 23 TexReg 7562; amended to be effective September 26, 2002, 27 TexReg 8927; amended to be effective August 27,2023, 48 TexReg 4665