License renewal periods are on a two-year cycle.
The renewal period for licenses expiring 12/31/2024 will open October 14, 2024.
If your license renewal certificate shows an expiration date of 12/31/2023, your license is expired. You may not practice optometry in Texas with an expired license. You will pay a penalty for renewing your license late. Please notify the Board if it was your intent to let your license expire.
All licensees need 32 hours of Continuing Education displayed on their CE Broker accounts at time of renewal. Substantial penalties are imposed by state law for late renewals or late CE. See below for instructions regarding opioid CE for Optometric Glaucoma Specialist licensees.
Step 1. Select an option for renewal
- Renew License Online
- Renew License via Paper Application
- Change Status
- Military/Federal Government Employee
Step 2. License Renewal Certificate
After you renew, a renewal certificate will be available on-line for download. To obtain the certificate, wait 24 hours after renewing and go to this link: On-line Renewal Certificate
NOTE: If your renewal certificate does not update with the new expiration date after 24 hours, please check your CE Broker account to see if you are missing part of your CE requirement.
OGS licensees: If you do not prescribe opioids and you do not want to take opioid required continuing education, you must mark yourself exempt from the opioid prescribing requirement on your CE Broker account.
First click on “Report CE” and then click on “Additional Options.” After selecting your CE Cycle, click “Begin” for the Prescribing Opioid Exemption. Respond to the attestation statements and click “submit.” You must do this step for every license renewal period!
