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OPTOMETRIST
License Description An optometrist is a person who engages in the practice of optometry. Optometry is defined as the employment of any optometric means, including topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, to determine the visual efficiency of the human visual system, including refractive and functional abilities, or to diagnose the presence of ocular disease or ocular manifestations of systemic disease and other departures from normal; the diagnosis and treatment of the refractive and functional ability of the visual system and enhancement of visual performance by prescribing, furnishing, fitting or employing ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses, frames, aids or prosthetic materials, administering visual training, orthoptics, visual therapy or any other optometric means, prescribing or administering drugs for ocular therapeutic purposes or removing superficial foreign bodies from the eye or an appendage to the eye; examining into the fact, condition or cause of ocular health or disease, or treating or rendering advice.
Licensing Agency
WI Department of Safety and Professional Services
Division of Professional Credential Processing
1400 E. Washington Ave., P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708-8935
(608) 266 2112
dsps@wisconsin.gov
Active Status Active
Continuing Education Continuing education required to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
Education Specific course required
Exam Third-party exam required
License Type Stand-alone license
License Updated 12/01/2020
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