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225 ILCS 80/14

(225 ILCS 80/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 3914)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 14.

A person shall be qualified for initial licensure as an optometrist
if that person has applied in writing in form and substance satisfactory to
the Department and who:

(1) (blank);

(2) has graduated, after January 1, 1994, from a

program of optometry education approved by the Department or has graduated, prior to January 1, 1994, and has met substantially equivalent criteria established by the Department;

(3) (blank); and

(4) has met all examination requirements including

the passage of a nationally recognized examination authorized by the Department.  Each applicant shall be tested on theoretical knowledge and clinical practice skills.

(Source: P.A. 99-909, eff. 1-1-17.)