HRS §459-6
When and where optometry exams are given
The national optometry board gives the licensing exam at least once a year, and can add more exams if needed. The national board decides when and where the exams happen. If the national board stops giving an exam, the state board or its chosen testing agency will give it instead.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Examinations, time of
Examinations shall be administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) at least once a year with additional examinations as the National Board of Examiners in Optometry deems necessary. The time and place of the examinations shall be determined by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. If any of the examinations administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry are no longer considered appropriate by the board or any of the examinations are no longer administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, the examination shall be administered by the board or a testing agency designated by the board.
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