Section R4-21-203. Jurisprudence Examination

A.       To be licensed, an applicant shall obtain a score of at least 75% on a jurisprudence examination that assesses knowledge of Arizona’s statutes and rules relating to optometry.

B.       An applicant may take the jurisprudence examination at any time after submitting to the Board the application form required under R4-21-201(B) or R4-21-202(B).

C.       An applicant who fails the jurisprudence examination may retake the examination one time within six months from the date of the original examination.

D.       The Board shall further consider an applicant who fails the jurisprudence examination a second time only if the applicant:

1.        Waits at least six months from the date of the second tak- ing of the jurisprudence examination,

2.        Submits a new application form under R4-21-201(B) or R4-21-202(B),

3.        Submits a full set of readable fingerprints taken by a criminal justice agency and a cashier’s check or money order payable to the Arizona Department of Public Safety in the amount required to obtain a state and federal crimi- nal records check,

4.        Submits a 2 inch by 3 inch passport-quality photograph of the applicant’s head and shoulders that is taken within six months of the date of the new application and signed by the applicant in ink across the lower portion of the front side,

5.        Submits a self-query from the National Practitioner Data Bank-Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank made within three months before the date of the new application, and

6.        Submits the application fee required under A.R.S. § 32- 1727.

Historical Note

Adopted effective February 7, 1986 (Supp. 86-1).

Amended effective April 1, 1991 (Supp. 91-2). Section R4-21-203 repealed; new Section R4-21-203 adopted effective November 5, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 3812, effective September 13, 2000 (Supp. 00-3). Amended by final rulemaking at

11 A.A.R. 1864, effective May 3, 2005 (Supp. 05-2). Former R4-21-203 renumbered to R4-21-103; new R4- 21-203 renumbered from R4-21-202 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 12, effective February 2,

2008 (Supp. 07-4).