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 process (link available 10/1/2022 - 12/31/2022)
If a duplicate license renewal certificate is needed, please email the Executive Director (email address below).
To report illegal contact lens sales, call or email the board office, and click here
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Welcome to the Alabama Board of Optometry website
The
Alabama Board of Optometry is 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. With necessary oversight by the government, the board
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.
Responsibly Resuming Routine Eye and Vision Care Expiration of Emergency Order: April 30, 2020 at 5:00 PM.
Continuing education (CE) requirements for license renewal have reverted back to the 3-hour online limit. However, online CE that is "live" and allows for real-time interaction with the presenter is considered the same as "in-person" (not online) CE.
Important Links for Licensees:
CDC: Centers for Disease Control
Governor's Office
Alabama Department of Public Health
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)
Members of the Alabama Board of Optometry:
President:
Timothy C. Nichols, O.D. (District 4)
418 Martling Road
Albertville, AL 35951
(256) 878-4201
Fax: (256) 891-1908
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Vice President:
Ashley Williams, O.D. (District 7)
406 Dallas Avenue
Selma, AL 36701
(334) 878-2020
Fax: (334) 878-2025
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Secretary-Treasurer:
Bill Tillman, O.D. (District 2)
P.O. Boc 1517
Andalusia, AL 36420
(334) 222-2020
Fax:(334) 222-6606
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Doug Clark, O.D. (District 6)
2617 Highway 31, S.
Pelham, AL 35124
(205) 664-1575
Fax: (205) 664-1578
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Norman Johnson, O.D. (District 5)
828 S. Broad Street
Scottsboro, AL 35768
(256) 259-4115
Fax: (256) 259-3643
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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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Robert Svensen, O.D. (District 3)
425 East 10th Street, Ste C
Anniston, AL 36207
(256) 236-7516
Fax: (256) 237-6730
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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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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 January 24, 2023.
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