Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 161 - Optometry Board
Chapter 6500 - OPTOMETRISTS
Part 6500.2000 - TERMS AND RENEWAL OF INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL LICENSE
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. Renewal of application.
On or before January 1 of each year, a licensee must submit to the board a license renewal application to continue to lawfully practice in this state. A renewed license is valid from January 1 of the year of issue until December 31 of the year of issue.
Subp. 2. Information required on renewal application.
An application for renewal must be postmarked by, or if submitted online, received by the board, on or before December 31 of each year of renewal. The renewal application shall include the applicant's signature, any application fees required by statute, the address or addresses where the applicant practices optometry, any changes in the applicant's optometry practice locations in the previous 12-month period, the applicant's license number, and any other information reasonably related to the application process as requested by the board.
Subp. 3. Compliance with continuing education requirements.
As specified in part 6500.3000, an applicant must submit to the board proof of compliance with continuing education requirements as part of the applicant's annual license renewal.
Subp. 4. Default; revocation of license (Repealed).
Subp. 4a. Failure to submit renewal application, required fees, or evidence of continuing education compliance.
If a licensee fails to submit the renewal application, the required fee, or evidence of continuing education compliance, the board shall follow the following procedures.
Subp. 5. Practicing optometry without a current license.
Practicing optometry without a renewed or current license shall have the same force, effect, and potential legal consequences as practicing optometry without a license.
Subp. 6. Contested case proceeding.
The board, in lieu of the process in subpart 4a, may initiate a contested case proceeding to take disciplinary action on the license for failure to submit fees and continuing education compliance at the same time that it initiates disciplinary action proceedings against the licensee for other grounds specified in part 6500.3000 or Minnesota Statutes, sections 148.52 to 148.62.
Statutory Authority: MS s 148.53; 214.06