Some candidates may be required to take a state-board-prepared examination regarding the statutes, rules, and regulations that govern the practice of optometry in that state. Since January 2010, NBEO has offered the Online State Law Exam (OSLE) program to assist some state boards by administering their state law exams in an online version through the NBEO website. As a candidate takes the law exam, the NBEO website provides a link to the chosen state optometry board website, which in turn serves as a reference source for the candidate by presenting the optometry laws specific to that state. An official score of a state law exam given by the NBEO must be obtained directly from that state board; law exam scores do not appear on the NBEO Official Score Report.
The states currently requiring an online state law examination administered by the National Board are listed below. Click on any of the states below to obtain additional information and requirements specific to each state.
For some states (Texas and North Dakota), candidates must register with BOTH the state optometry board AND the NBEO, to be eligible to take the online state optometry law exam through the NBEO. To view individual state requirements, please click on the states above.
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While some state board online optometry law examinations are administered through the National Board of Examiners in Optometry website, the NBEO claims no responsibility for the content or official scoring of any state board examination. State optometry boards dictate all rules for the dissemination of optometry law exam scores.
OSLE Instructions
Candidates may request on the application screen to register for one or more ONLINE state optometry law examinations. There is a non-refundable fee of $25 for each state law exam. Candidates are able to take their required state law exam(s) at any time on any Internet-connected computer within the testing time intervals, if any, assigned by the various state boards. Any law exam registration or testing time assignments imposed by the various state boards can be viewed by clicking on any state listed above.
Once an online state optometry law exam is begun, it repeatedly may be paused at the candidate's discretion by signing out of the OSLE program. The exam repeatedly may be resumed until the testing time window is exhausted. To resume the exam following a paused break or if a candidate's computer times out, the candidate may return to the NBEO law exam page, click on ACCESS MY EXAM, and the exam will reappear exactly as it was when the pause was initiated or when the computer timed out.
During the exam, questions will appear on the screen one at a time. Candidates may advance to the next question as they progress through the exam and may choose, at any time, to return to any previously answered question.
For state law exams that are open year-round, candidates have 14 days to complete their exams once they successfully log onto the OSLE program and initiate their exams. If a state has specific testing time intervals, the number of days available to complete an exam is variable; i.e., 14 days or less, depending on when a candidate begins an exam within the posted testing time window. The time remaining to complete an exam is visible to the candidate at all times in the upper right corner of every active exam screen.
To complete an exam and ensure that the chosen state optometry board receives the exam results, SCORE MY EXAM must be clicked when a candidate has finished taking and reviewing the exam. A candidate will see an unofficial score upon exam completion. Notification of a candidate’s official score will be sent to the candidate by the appropriate state board office.
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| Click here to register for an online state law exam. |
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| Click here to log onto the online state law exam system. |
