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Summary Overall Rank Continuing Education License Fees Table 

  Rank Education Examination Fees Continuing Education  Reciprocity or Endorsement Financial Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPA)
State Average Rank Education Examination Fees Continuing Education Reciprocity or Endorsement TPA Graduate from an Accredited Optometry College Total No. of Exams Required No. of Parts of National Board (excluding TMOD) TMOD No. of State Exams Total Fees Initial License Annualized Renewal Continuing Education (Hours/yr) Reciprocity or Endorsement Additional Test Years Licensed Additional Fees Professional Liability Insurance (per occurrence) TPA Certification TPA included w/ license Additional Course Additional Education (hours) Education + Experience Experience Hours and_2 TMOD TMOD_req_lic Additional Continuing Education (hours) Additional License Fee Additional Renewal Fee
Maryland 2 N/A 3 2 1 1 N/A Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $600 $300 $300 25                                  
Nevada 2 N/A 3 2 1 1 N/A Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $625 $275 $350 24                             6 0 0
Mississippi 2 N/A 1 4 2 1 N/A Yes 6 3 Yes 2 $300 $200 $100 20 Yes Yes   100                          
New Mexico 2 N/A 1 1 3 2 4 Yes 6 3 Yes 2 $925 $700 $225 16 Yes   7     Yes                   35 35
West Virginia 2 N/A 3 2 2 2 N/A Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $675 $400 $275 20 Yes Yes 5                            
Kansas 2 N/A 1 3 1 4 3 Yes 8 3 Yes 4 $405 $180 $225 24 Yes   3 0   Yes     100         Yes      
Arkansas 3 N/A 1 2 2 5 N/A Yes 6 3 Yes 2 $700 $500 $200 20 Yes                                
Florida 3 N/A 3 1 4 1 4 Yes 5 2 Yes 2 $2,133 $1,980 $153 15           Yes                 0 280 100
Georgia 3 N/A 3 2 3 2 3 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $500 $400 $100 18 Yes Yes 5 100   Yes     96         Yes      
Maine 3 N/A 3 3 1 1 5 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $375 $200 $175 25             Yes                    
Alaska 3 N/A 3 1 3 4 3 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $900 $640 $260 18 Yes   1.5     Yes     100       Yes   8 100 100
Oklahoma 3 N/A 1 4 3 1 5 Yes 6 3 No 3 $300 $150 $150 18             Yes Yes                  
California 3 N/A 5 3 2 1 4 Yes 4 3 No 1 $425 $275 $150 20           Yes         10       10    
Michigan 3 N/A 5 3 2 2 3 Yes 4 3 No 1 $415 $320 $95 20 Yes Yes 5 0   Yes     100             85 160
South Carolina 3 N/A 3 2 2 5 3 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $515 $400 $115 20 Yes Yes       Yes     110   40   Yes     25  
Kentucky 3 N/A 3 2 4 2 5 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $700 $500 $200 15 Yes   5 200     Yes                    
Oregon 3 N/A 3 2 3 4 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $490 $225 $265 18 Yes Yes 2 100   Yes             Yes     150 0
Texas 3 N/A 3 1 3 5 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $781 $405 $376 16 Yes Yes       Yes               Yes   50  
Louisiana 3 N/A 5 2 5 1 N/A Yes 4 2 No 1 $500 $300 $200 12                             0 0 0
North Carolina 3 N/A 5 1 2 5 N/A Yes 4 2 Yes 1 $1,100 $800 $300 20 Yes                           0 0 0
Alabama 3 N/A 5 1 2 5 4 Yes 4 3 No 1 $760 $500 $260 20 Yes         Yes             Yes   6   100
Arizona 3 N/A 3 1 3 5 5 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $779 $579 $200 16 Yes     150     Yes                    
Delaware 3 N/A 5 2 5 1 4 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $627 $418 $209 6           Yes         40   Yes   12 209 209
Iowa 3 N/A 5 4 1 2 5 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $310 $250 $60 25 Yes   5 0     Yes                    
New Hampshire 3 N/A 3 3 4 5 2 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $425 $300 $125 15 Yes Yes       Yes     105 Yes 25 Yes Yes   35 25  
North Dakota 3 N/A 3 4 3 2 5 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $325 $175 $150 17 Yes Yes 5       Yes                    
South Dakota 3 N/A 3 3 5 2 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $385 $210 $175 12 Yes   5     Yes             Yes        
Washington 3 N/A 3 5 1 5 3 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $225 $125 $100 25 Yes         Yes     99         Yes 0 0 0
Massachusetts 4 N/A 3 3 3 5 N/A Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $390 $333 $57 18 Yes                                
Hawai‘i 4 N/A 5 5 3 3 2 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $245 $160 $85 16 Yes   4     Yes     100 Yes 100 Yes Yes   4 25 0
Idaho 4 N/A 3 4 5 2 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $250 $100 $150 12 Yes   5     Yes     55         Yes 6 10  
Minnesota 4 N/A 3 5 2 4 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $140 $87 $53 20 Yes   3     Yes             Yes     50  
New Jersey 4 N/A 5 3 1 5 4 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $415 $290 $125 25 Yes     10   Yes             Yes   20 210 210
Tennessee 4 N/A 5 2 4 5 2 Yes 4 3 Yes 1 $480 $310 $170 15 Yes         Yes     150 Yes 40     Yes      
Wyoming 4 N/A 1 3 4 5 5 Yes 7 3 Yes 3 $475 $300 $175 15 Yes           Yes             Yes      
New York 4 N/A 5 4 5 1 N/A Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $290 $220 $70 12 Yes                                
Nebraska 4 N/A 3 5 3 4 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $208 $202 $6 16 Yes   1     Yes             Yes     10  
Virginia 4 N/A 5 3 3 4 4 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $450 $300 $150 16 Yes   3     Yes               Yes     50
Wisconsin 4 N/A 5 5 4 2 3 Yes 4 3 No 1 $143 $110 $33 15 Yes   5 12   Yes     160                
Colorado 4 N/A 3 5 5 4 3 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $113 $113 $0 12 Yes   2 75   Yes     60 Yes 60   Yes   0 0 0
Connecticut 4 N/A 5 1 4 5 5 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $750 $450 $300 14 Yes       $500,000   Yes                    
Indiana 4 N/A 3 4 4 5 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $267 $200 $67 15 Yes Yes       Yes               Yes 30 20 20
Pennsylvania 4 N/A 5 5 4 3 3 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $93 $25 $68 15 Yes   4   $200,000 Yes     100       Yes     50  
Missouri 4 N/A 3 4 5 4 5 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $335 $225 $110 8 Yes   3 0     Yes             Yes   0 75
Ohio 4 N/A 5 4 4 4 4 Yes 4 3 Yes 1 $270 $135 $135 15 Yes   3     Yes             Yes   5 25 25
Utah 4 N/A 3 5 4 5 4 Yes 5 3 Yes 1 $187 $140 $47 15 Yes         Yes               Yes   90 68
Illinois 4 N/A 5 2 5 5 5 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $700 $500 $200 12 Yes           Yes               6    
Montana 4 N/A 5 5 3 5 4 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $238 $175 $63 18 Yes     125   Yes                   50  
Vermont 5 N/A 5 4 5 4 N/A Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $270 $95 $175 10 Yes   1.44                            
Rhode Island 5 N/A 5 5 5 5 4 Yes 4 3 Yes 0 $175 $50 $125 12 Yes         Yes         72     Yes 8 12.5