Sec. 351.2595.  LICENSE WITHOUT EXAMINATION.  The board may issue a license to practice therapeutic optometry without requiring the applicant to pass all or part of the examination required by Section 351.253 if:
(1)  the applicant is licensed in good standing as a therapeutic optometrist in another state;
(2)  the applicant has passed an examination that is equivalent or superior to the examination required by Section 351.253;
(3)  during at least five of the seven years preceding the application date, the applicant has been:
(A)  actively engaged in the practice of therapeutic optometry;  or
(B)  engaged in full-time teaching at an accredited college of optometry or medicine;
(4)  there are no pending disciplinary actions against the applicant in the state in which the applicant is licensed;  and
(5)  the applicant's license has never been suspended or revoked.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.156(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.