Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1320 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE ACT OF 1987
Subpart A - OPTOMETRY
Section 1320.20 - Approved Programs of Optometry
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation (Division) shall, upon the recommendation of the Illinois Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board (the Board), approve an optometry program if it meets the following minimum criteria:
Basic Science, including Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry
Practical Optics
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye
Pathology of the Eye
Physiological Optics
Theoretical Optometry
Practical Optometry
Clinical Optometry
Theory and Practice of Contact Lens
Fitting
Pharmacology
Diagnosis, treatment and management of ocular disease and recognition of systemic diseases with ocular symptoms
b) In determining whether a school or college should be approved, the Division shall take into consideration but not be bound by accreditation by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE).
c) Procedures taught in schools and colleges of optometry approved by the Division that are considered for approval in the practice of optometry shall be adopted pursuant to rule or regulation by the Division upon recommendation of the Board. Before adoption of such rules or regulations, the Board shall first evaluate the procedure in accordance with criteria it has previously adopted. Furthermore, the Board shall specify training and demonstration of competency required before an optometrist may perform such procedures. In any event, the Division, upon recommendation of the Board, has determined that surgery, including surgery performed with a laser, is not an optometric procedure.
d) Program Evaluation
e) Withdrawal of Approval