General Requirements
Addresses: You must provide three addresses: Mailing address (Board notices will be sent to this address), Primary Office Address, and Home Address. The mailing address can be either the Office or Home address. State law requires optometrists to provide the Board with both the Home and Office address. Home addresses are not subject to the Public Information Act and may not be released.
Answers: Please truthfully answer each question on the renewal.
Continuing Education: 32 hours required. Pursuant to Board Rule 275.3, all licensees are required to use the CE Broker digital platform for CE reporting beginning in 2022. For detailed CE information, see HERE
Active licensees attest that all continuing education requirements have been met by submitting an on-line renewal. The renewal will not be effective if the hours have not been recorded in CE Broker.
Fees
- Optometrist / Therapeutic Optometrist – $432.72 (active and inactive status)
- Optometric Glaucoma Specialist – $452.00 (active)
- Optometric Glaucoma Specialist – $432.72 (inactive)
Procedure
Have you used the on-line system to renew your license before?
- No: You must register to begin the process. Start with this link.
- Yes: Follow instructions below to renew.
Renewal Instructions (for doctors who renewed on-line previously)
- Use the Renew button below to connect to the on-line renewal website.
- Type in your e-mail address and password that you used last time (if you forgot your password, you can request the on-line system to send you a new password). However, if the e-mail address you used previously is no longer valid, you will need to change your e-mail address in the database.
- Select “Log On” and you will be taken to a new page
- Select the link with your license number (right side of page) and a new page appears.
- Now select “Optometrist Renewal Application” link.
- Enter information and answer normal renewal questions.
Notice: Information Collected During Renewal
State law provides that you are entitled on request (with few exceptions) to be informed about the information that the Optometry Board collects on this form. You may make a written Public Information request under Sections 552.021 and 552.023 of the Government Code to receive and review the information collected on this form (a charge for this information may apply). You are entitled under Section 559.004 of the Government Code to make a written request to have the Board correct information that is incorrect.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS: State and federal laws require all licensees to furnish their social security number. If your social security number is not listed you must provide it during the renewal process. Section 231.302 of the Texas Family Code requires applicants and licensees to provide their social security numbers. The social security number will be used for identification within the Texas Optometry Board, and will be provided as required by the Family Code to the Texas Attorney General to assist in the administration of laws relating to child support enforcement. Identification by the Attorney General as being in arrears on court ordered child support obligations may result in revocation of the license to practice optometry in Texas. The social security number will also be released to the National Optometric Databank and to federal disciplinary databanks.
