Licensed Optometrist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
An individual who engages in the examination of the human eye and its appendages without the use of medicine or surgery. Includes the appropriate use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents for examination and diagnostic purposes, for ascertaining any departure from the normal, measuring powers of vision, and adapting lenses of prisms, diagnosis, prescription, and management of contact lenses, ocular exercises, and visual therapy.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
- Address
- 320 West Washington Springfield, IL 62786
- Phone
- (217) 782-8556
- Agency website
- https://www.idfpr.com/
- Licence page
- https://www.idfpr.com/
- Last updated
- September 5, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Optometrist 29-1041.00
Source and verification
This record is Illinois's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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