21 NCAC 42B .0108          CLINICAL PRACTICUM EXAMINATIONS

(a)  Each applicant, after paying the fee set in Subchapter 42J and having met the requirements of Rule .0107 of this Subchapter, will be given clinical practicum examinations which may be in oral, written, clinical and practical form, said examinations to cover those subjects essential to the practice of optometry as defined in G.S. 90‑114.

(b)  To ensure proper examination of all applicants within a reasonable amount of time, the Board is authorized to employ clinical examiners, such clinical examiners to be licensed optometrists in the State of North Carolina who have been in practice no less than five years and who have demonstrated to their peers that they have superior clinical expertise.

(c)  It shall be the duty of the optometrists who are members of the Board to prepare or oversee the preparation of the clinical practicum examinations.  Psychometric consultants, subject matter experts and clinicians who have served as either members of the Board or as clinical examiners for the Board may be engaged by the Board in the design, implementation and grading of the examinations.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑114; 90‑117.5; 90‑118;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. May 30, 1978;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1989; September 30, 1981;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 23, 2015.