CALIFORNIA LAW OPTOMETRY
CERTIFICATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED
◉ Office notice posted for consumers must include what
information. Answer: 1. requirement of releasing corrective lens RX
after exam
2. complaints can be directed to SBO
3. optometry is a SBO regulated practice
◉ CE requirements for TPA OD's. Answer: 50 hours for license
renewal
35 on tx/dx/management of ocular or systemic disease
up to two credits for a full day board meeting (SBO)
up to 4 credits for CPR - red cross
use OE tracker or else another process is required
?up to 8 hr for ethics
◉ CE requirements for NON TPA OD. Answer: 20 credits per year
Patient care management up to 4 hours, practice (business)
management excluded
, ◉ Minimum liability insurance for corporation. Answer: $50 000 x
number of OD's
◉ Naming a corporation. Answer: Must have "corp" or corporation
in title or Inc
◉ SBO must notify applicant in what time frame if requirements
have been met for license or fictitious name. Answer: 120 days
◉ Timeframe to request rescoring of CA law exam. Answer: 75 days
◉ Response to board inquiry about cirminal history. Answer: 30
days
◉ Fingerprint requiremetns. Answer: retain receipt of taking
fingerprints for 3 years
◉ License renewal date. Answer: expires at midnight on last day of
licensee's birth month after first issue and then every two years
◉ Branch office app fee. Answer: $75
◉ fictious permit renewal. Answer: $50
CERTIFICATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED
◉ Office notice posted for consumers must include what
information. Answer: 1. requirement of releasing corrective lens RX
after exam
2. complaints can be directed to SBO
3. optometry is a SBO regulated practice
◉ CE requirements for TPA OD's. Answer: 50 hours for license
renewal
35 on tx/dx/management of ocular or systemic disease
up to two credits for a full day board meeting (SBO)
up to 4 credits for CPR - red cross
use OE tracker or else another process is required
?up to 8 hr for ethics
◉ CE requirements for NON TPA OD. Answer: 20 credits per year
Patient care management up to 4 hours, practice (business)
management excluded
, ◉ Minimum liability insurance for corporation. Answer: $50 000 x
number of OD's
◉ Naming a corporation. Answer: Must have "corp" or corporation
in title or Inc
◉ SBO must notify applicant in what time frame if requirements
have been met for license or fictitious name. Answer: 120 days
◉ Timeframe to request rescoring of CA law exam. Answer: 75 days
◉ Response to board inquiry about cirminal history. Answer: 30
days
◉ Fingerprint requiremetns. Answer: retain receipt of taking
fingerprints for 3 years
◉ License renewal date. Answer: expires at midnight on last day of
licensee's birth month after first issue and then every two years
◉ Branch office app fee. Answer: $75
◉ fictious permit renewal. Answer: $50
