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NBEO Requirements
21 NCAC 42B .0107 WRITTEN EXAMINATION
(a) Each applicant must submit evidence of having reached the recommended levels of acceptable
performance on the National Board examinations given by the National Board of Examiners in
Optometry on or after the April, 1978 administration in one of the following formats and under
the following conditions prior to Board approval of his application to take the clinical
practicum examination administered by the Board and shall authorize the release of his official
score report by the National Board to the Board prior to the approval by the Board of his
application to take the clinical practicum examination.
(1) April, 1978 through August, 1986 administrations: passing
scores on Parts I, IIA, and IIB, with scores of not less than 75 in Section 7 (Pathology) and
Section 9 (Pharmacology) on the Part IIB examination, and a score of not less than 75 on the
National Board's Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease ("TMOD") examination.
(2) April, 1987 through August, 1992 administrations: passing
scores on the Part I Basic Science (BS) examination and Part II Clinical Science (CS)
examination of the National Board, with scores of not less than 75 on the Ocular Disease/Trauma
and Clinical Pharmacology sections of the PART II Clinical Science (CS) examination, and a
score of not less than 75 on the National Board's Treatment and Management of Ocular
Disease (TMOD) examination.
(3) April, 1993 through December, 2008: passing score on the
Part I Basic Science Examination of the National Board.
(4) April, 1993 through April, 2009: passing score on the
Part II Clinical Science Examination of the National Board, with a score of not less than 75
on the Ocular Disease/Trauma component within the Clinical Science examination, and a score
of not less than 75 on either the TMOD component within the Clinical Science examination, or
on the equivalent stand-alone TMOD examination.
(5) March, 2009 and thereafter: passing score on Part I
Applied Basic Science (ABS) examination of the National Board.
(6) December, 2009 and thereafter: passing score on Part
II Patient Assessment and Management (PAM) examination of the National Board, with a score
of not less than75 on the Disease/Trauma component within the Patient Assessment and
Management (PAM) examination, and a score of not less than 75 on the TMOD component within
the Patient Assessment and Management (PAM).
(7) March, 2010 and thereafter: passing score on the Part
III Clinical Skills Examination (CSE) of the National Board.
(b) For candidates with passing scores on at least one National Board examination part under
different formats and time periods described in (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a) (4), and (a) (5)
of this Rule, the following equivalences shall apply:
(1) Part I and IIA is the equivalent of Basic Science.
(2) Part IIB is the equivalent of Clinical Science without
the inclusion of TMOD.
(3) Part I Applied Basic Science (ABS) is the equivalent
of Part I Basic Science.
(4) Part II Patient Assessment and Management (PAM) is
the equivalent of Part II Clinical Science.
(c) For those candidates taking the National Board examinations under any of the examination
formats dating back to April 1978 and prior to March 2009, old Part III (Patient Care)
will not be required.
Board Rule Revision September 11, 2009
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