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For doctors:
Online LICENSE RENEWAL System An email containing your license renewal certificate will arrive within an hour of your successful completion of the renewal/reprint process (link available 10/1/2024 - 12/31/2024)
If a duplicate license renewal certificate is needed, please email fred.wallace@optometry.alabama.gov
To report illegal contact lens sales, call or email the board office, and click here
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Alabama Board of Optometry
Statutorily created by the Alabama legislature and delegated with the authority to regulate the optometry profession in the interest of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The board, with necessary oversight by the government,
enforces standards and criteria set forth in statute and adds specificity through the promulgation of regulations. An administrative regulatory system provides consumers with an assurance of the qualifications of licensees along with a means of enforcement for the benefit of the public.
* This site offers primary source license verification *
* Licensee data is maintained by the Board's Executive Director *
Board Members
President:
Ashley Williams, O.D.
(District 7)
406 Dallas Avenue
Selma, AL 36701
(334) 878-2020
Fax: (334) 878-2025
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Vice President:
Norman Johnson, O.D.
(District 5)
828 S. Broad Street
Scottsboro, AL 35768
(256) 259-4115
Fax: (256) 259-3543
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Secretary-Treasurer:
Howard Day, O.D.
(District 6)
137 W. Shugart Ridge Road
Gardendale, AL 35071
(205) 631-5681
Fax:(205) 631-2479
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Caleb Garnder, O.D.
(District 2)
846 Fort Dale Road
Greenville, AL 36037
(334) 382-5571
Fax: (334) 383-9101
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Timothy C. Nichols, O.D.
(District 4)
418 Martling Road
Albertville, AL 35951
(256) 878-4201
Fax: (256) 891-1908
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Rob Pate, O.D.
(District 3)
780 North Dean Road
Auburn, AL 36830
(334) 887-6621
Fax: (334) 826-2059
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Mazen Sahawneh, O.D.
(District 1)
6750-A Airport Blvd
Mobile, AL 36608
(251) 342-1223
Fax: (251) 342-2495
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Administrative Office
Alabama Board of Optometry
Dr. Fred Wallace, Executive Director
1431 Second Avenue, North
Bessemer, Alabama 35020
(205) 481-9993
(205) 481-9959 (fax)
fred.wallace@optometry.alabama.gov
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For licenses renewed between 10/1/2024 and 12/31/2024: Continuing education (CE) requirements continue to limit asynchronous (not live/not interactive) CE to three hours per year. Synchronous (live/interactive) CE is considered the same as "in-person" CE.
Required Public Notices
Executive Order 725 (Reducing "Red Tape") Board Actions
Phase 1 Cover Sheet (.pdf)
Phase 1 Rule Inventory (.pdf)
Required COVID 19 Pandemic Related Documents/Procedings
Responsibly Resuming Routine Eye and Vision Care
Expiration of Emergency Order: April 30, 2020 at 5:00 PM.
Summary of Board Deliberations (December 5, 2020, via teleconference as allowed by Governor's Emergency Declaration of March 18, 2020)(.pdf)
Summary of Board Deliberations (July 20, 2020, via teleconference as allowed by Governor's Emergency Declaration of March 18, 2020)(.pdf)
Summary of Board Deliberations (June 15, 2020, via teleconference as allowed by Governor's Emergency Declaration of March 18, 2020)(.pdf)
Summary of Board Deliberations (April 27, 2020, via teleconference as allowed by Governor's Emergency Declaration of March 18, 2020)(.pdf)
Summary of Board Deliberations (April 1, 2020, via teleconference as allowed by Governor's Emergency Declaration of March 18, 2020)(.pdf)
The information presented here
is believed accurate but not guaranteed. The Alabama Board of Optometry
disclaims liability for any errors or omissions.
Site last updated November 18, 2024.
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