Israel - Obtain Licence for Optometry

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Procedure

1. The request must be sent, along with the required documents, by registered mail to the Medical Professions Licensing Department, Ministry of Health.
2. After the application documents are received, eligibility to take the examination is checked by the Medical Professions Licensing Department, and the applicant will be sent a notification inviting him to an examination, as per the address recorded in the Bureau.
3. The examinations consist of two parts: part 1 a theoretical examination and part 2 a practical examination. An applicant who has successfully passed the theoretical examination will be eligible to take the practical examination.
4. A letter specifying the result of the examination (pass or fail), and the candidates eligibility to receive a license, will be sent to his home.
   
   

More information can be obtained from the following link : More info

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Required Documents

• 2 passport photographs
• 2 photocopies of you identification card, including the attachment showing your address.
• Tourists: Photocopy of your passport with a valid Israeli visa.
• Questionnaire for workers in the health care professions (2 copies)
• Application to take the government licensing examination for optometrists (2 copies)
• Final diploma from a recognized institution, and award of a final degree, or a certification from the institution of completion of studies and fulfillment of all obligations to the university and eligibility for an optometry diploma, which will be awarded at a certain time.
• Official certification of the date that you commenced and completed your studies.
  
  

Graduates of an overseas university are required to produce the following documents in addition to the above:

• Overseas license to practice (if the requested license cannot be attached, a letter of explanation should be attached).
• Official licenses to practice from the relevant institutions, stating the start and end date of the employment at each of the institutions.
• A professional Certificate of Good Standing from the authority authorized to issue this in the country from which the applicant immigrated to Israel. The Certificate states that there are not and were not any disciplinary, negligence or professional ethics complaints against the clinical cytogeneticist.
  
  

Translation and validation of documents and certificates:

• Original certificates must not be sent to the Medical Professions Licensing Department. Instead, only copies must be sent.
• Certified copies of documents should be certified by a licensed notary in Israel. The original notarized certification (with the red ribbon) should be sent to the Division, as well as an additional copy of it (a total of two copies).
• Documents in languages other than Hebrew and Arabic must be translated into Hebrew by a qualified translator in Israel. A copy of the original document and its translation must be submitted.
• Israel graduates are permitted to submit copies of diplomas, certificates of eligibility for a degree and certificates of practical skilling, where the fact of their being true to the original has been confirmed by the secretariat of the relevant faculty.
  
  

Following link has information about documents and application forms that can help : Documents and Application Forms

Office Locations & Contacts

Medical Professions Licensing Department
39 Yirmiyahu St.
P.O.Box 1176
Jerusalem 9101002
Phone : *5400 08-6241010
Fax: 02-5655969
Hours: Sunday -Thursday 8:00am - 4:00pm .
More contact information can be obtained from the following link : More Contact Info

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