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Title 505:1-3-3 to Title 505:1-3-5

Title 505:1-3-3 Board Composition and Officers


  • (a) The Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry is an administrative body consisting of five (5) members who are appointed by the Governor. The Board shall elect a President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer. The President shall perform such duties as prescribed by the Board and by law.
  • (b) The Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry consists of five (5) members, four (4) of whom shall be optometrists. The term of each licensed Optometrist member of the Board, one (1) being appointed each year, shall be five (5) years, or until a qualified successor is appointed. The lay member of the Board shall serve a term coterminous with that of the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

Title 505:1-3-4 Board Meetings


  • (a) Time and place of meetings. The Board meets quarterly, as official business requires and conducts examinations of applicants for certification as Optometrists. The time and place of a meeting is fixed by a majority of the members of the Board. All Board Meetings comply with the Open Meetings Act.
  • (b) Special meetings. Special meetings may be called by the President, or whenever petitioned for by members of the Board.
  • (c) Quorum. Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
  • (d) Adoption of Roberts’ Rules of Order. The Board will follow Roberts’ Revised Rules of Order at its meetings, whenever any objection is made as to the manner in which it proceeds at a meeting.

Title 505:1-3-5 Official Board Records


    The operations or business transacted by the Board can be obtained from any of the five (5) members of the Board, but the official records of the Board are kept at the official office of the Board at such location as the Board may from time to time designate.

Last Modified on Jan 26, 2025