Application for Optometric Glaucoma Specialist Certification
Do you want to add an Optometric Glaucoma Specialist certification to your current therapeutic license? Detailed requirements for the Optometric Glaucoma Specialist License can be found in Rule 271.10. A complete application for license will contain:
- $55 fee
- application form
- skills assessment form (to be completed by a Texas ophthalmologist or optometric glaucoma specialist)
- proof of successful completion of two-hour course related to prescribing and monitoring controlled substances as required by Section 481.07635 of the Health and Safety Code
- letter from provider of required 30-hour course showing passing score (if pre-May 2008 graduation date)
Optometry School Graduates Prior to May 2008:
If you graduated from Optometry School prior to May 2008 and want to add an Optometric Glaucoma Specialist Certification to your current Texas Therapeutic License, the Texas Optometry Act requires applicants to take a 30-hour Board approved course (the University of Houston College of Optometry offers a web-based course), complete a skills evaluation by an ophthalmologist or optometric glaucoma specialist, and submit an application, with fee and required documents, to the Optometry Board.
Optometry School Graduates Post May 2008:
If you graduated from any of the following optometry schools after May 1, 2008 you do not need to take the 30-hour course. Please submit the application and certification of skills form along with the fee.
Authorized Colleges of Optometry
- Arizona College Of Optometry at Midwestern University
- Illinois College of Optometry
- Indiana University School of Optometry
- Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry
- MCPHS University School Of Optometry
- Michigan College Of Optometry at Ferris State University
- New England College of Optometry
- Northeastern State University College of Optometry
- Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry
- The Ohio State University College of Optometry
- Pacific University College of Optometry
- Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University
- Southern California College of Optometry
- Southern College of Optometry
- State University of New York College of Optometry
- University of Alabama School of Optometry
- University of California – Berkeley, School Of Optometry
- University of Houston College of Optometry
- University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of Optometry
- University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry
- University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Optometry
- University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science
- Western University Of Health Sciences College Of Optometry
