Improperly licensed KY optometrists can keep practicing until next year under new regs - Kentucky Lantern

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Quick takes:
• Emergency regs passed 12/31/25 immediately effective
• Regs mandate that KY grads 2020-2023 who have not yet passed licensure exams must do so by end of 2026
• NBEO or Canadian exam acceptable
• These ODs can continue practicing through 2026
• KY board not yet responded to NBEO's May 2025 letter
• Organized ophthalmology is weighing in
• A senator (chair of Senate Health Services Committee) is getting involved
—Gretchyn

Improperly licensed KY optometrists can keep practicing until next year under new regs Kentucky Lantern

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[Tom Byers OD]

Quick takes:
• Emergency regs passed 12/31/25 immediately effective
• Regs mandate that KY grads 2020-2023 who have not yet passed licensure exams must do so by end of 2026
• NBEO or Canadian exam acceptable
• These ODs can continue practicing through 2026
• KY board not yet responded to NBEO's May 2025 letter
• Organized ophthalmology is weighing in
• A senator (chair of Senate Health Services Committee) is getting involved
—Gretchyn

Improperly licensed KY optometrists can keep practicing until next year under new regs Kentucky Lantern

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