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Optometry Privileges

If you graduated from a college of optometry registered by the Department as licensure qualifying or accredited by the AOACOE after January 1, 1984, your educational program included the training required for you to obtain certification in the administration of topical diagnostic pharmaceuticals. To apply for the certification, you must complete the Optometrist Form 1A-Application for Certification(s) by selecting DPA - Optometrist Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents, and including the $60 certification fee.

If you graduated from your college of optometry prior to January 1, 1984, please contact the Office of the New York State Board for Optometry at 518-474-3817 ext. 591 for information on the requirements you must meet to obtain the certification.

If you are interested in certification to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents (TPAs), graduated from a college of optometry registered by the Department as licensure qualifying or accredited by the AOACOE after January 1, 1993, and passed the TMOD examination, you must complete the Optometrist Form 1A-Application for Certification(s) by selecting TPA - Optometrist Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents and completing the form.

If you graduated from your college of optometry prior to January 1, 1993, you must contact the SUNY College of Optometry for information regarding the requirements you must meet to obtain certification.

SUNY College of Optometry
TPA Application Office
33 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036-8003
Phone 212-938-5830

If you are interested in certification to use oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents (Orals) and have graduated from a college of optometry registered by the Department as licensure qualifying or accredited by the AOACOE after January 1, 2022, you must complete the Optometrist Form 1A-Application for Certification(s) by selection Oral - Oral Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents, and including the $250 certification fee.

If you graduated from your college of optometry prior to January 1, 2022, you must contact the SUNY College of Optometry for information regarding the requirements you must meet to obtain certification.

SUNY College of Optometry
33 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036-8003
Phone 212-938-5830

The next orals course will be held from April 12-14, 2024.

The next orals examination will be held on May 5, 2024.