To protect the health, safety and welfare of Arizona citizens by regulating and achieving the highest standards in the optometry profession.
Our Mission
What We Do
The Board examines, licenses, and regulates the profession of Optometric Doctors (O.D.) in the state of Arizona, as well as regulates out-of-state contact lens dispensers.
The Arizona State Board of Optometry (“Board”) website linked to optometry.az.gov (“website”) is the official website of the agency for providing license lookup and license verification information. The website receives and hosts the information directly from the Board database in an electronic manner protected from alteration by unauthorized individuals.
Consistent with JCAHO, NCQA, and other standards for primary source verification, the site is considered a primary source for Board data and is the same information the agency provides through other means such as its IVR system at 602-542-3095, fax, mail or e-mail and is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. The information is updated daily at 4:30 p.m. and the date of the most recent update is provided at the bottom of each directory page.
CSPMP-Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program
Current Licensees holding a DEA number only!! If you do not have a DEA number, you do not need to register for the program at this time.
For licensees holding a current DEA number, participation in the CSPMP is mandatory pursuant to A.R.S. 36-2702.
Click the link below for the cover letter and form needed to register.
OPIOID CE REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE RENEWAL (FOR DEA LICENSE HOLDERS ONLY)
ATTENTION CURRENT LICENSEES (reposted 11/15/18)
SB1001 was passed during a special session of the Legislature called by Gov. Ducey this past January. The Bill requires all health care professionals who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances AND WHO HOLD A CURRENT/ACTIVE DEA LICENSE to complete a minimum of three (3) hours of opioid related continuing education each license renewal cycle. (Those licensees who do not have a DEA license DO NOT need to meet this requirement.)
The new law is effective April 26, 2018; the law also applies to any person in a medical degree program that will eventually permit them to obtain a DEA number and prescribe controlled substances, so there may be a change to the current curriculum for students in the Optometry Program at Midwestern University in order to meet the provisions of the law.
Currently, The Arizona State Board of Optometry is amending rules to comply with this new law; rules are expected to be approved December 4, 2018.
