New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 38 - NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRISTS
Subchapter 4 - THERAPEUTIC PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS (TPA) CERTIFICATION
Section 13:38-4.3 - Educational requirements for TPA certification
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each applicant seeking TPA certification shall be required to successfully complete all educational requirements in ocular pharmacology at a school duly accredited by the United States Department of Education and the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. This education shall be no less than that required of currently enrolled students as part of their requirements for graduation from that school. If an applicant attends a school other than a college of optometry, the education necessary to satisfy the ocular pharmacology educational requirement shall be substantially equivalent to that of a college of optometry.
(b) Each applicant seeking TPA certification shall be required to successfully complete credentialing courses consisting of the following:
(c) The credentialing course(s) as set forth in (b) above shall be offered by a school that is accredited by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and approved by the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists to ensure that the credentialing course(s) cover the topics in (b) above.