Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 14 - TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD
Chapter 271 - EXAMINATIONS
Section 271.6 - National Board Examination

(a) The Board determines that the written examination by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) known as Part I and Part II complies in all material respects with the examination requirements of §351.256 of the Act. The passing score on each Part of the National Board written examination is determined by the criterion-referenced standard setting approach, in which the passing score is set at the scaled score of 300. The Board will accept scores from an NBEO written examination if Part I or II was satisfactorily completed on or after January 1, 1984.

(b) The Board determines that the practical examination known as Part III by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) complies in all material respects with the practical examination requirements of §351.256 of the Act. The passing scores on Part III shall be determined by the NBEO. The Board will accept scores from an NBEO Part III examination if Part III was satisfactorily completed on or after June of 1994.

(c) The Board determines therapeutic optometrist examination shall be the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease Examination (TMOD) administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. A passing score from any TMOD test administered after April 1985 will be accepted. A pass/fail grade is sufficient.

(d) Each applicant shall submit a true and correct copy of the applicant's score report and such other evidence of having achieved a passing grade on each part of the NBEO examination as outlined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. No license will be issued to an applicant until evidence of passage of the NBEO examinations are received.