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According to the recently released results of the American Board of Optometry’s July 15 to 31 Board Certification Examination, of the 214 doctors who tested, 198 (92.5%) passed, successfully becoming diplomates of the American Board of Optometry, according to a press release.

The American Board of Optometry (ABO) now has 931 diplomates and an active candidates list of more than 1,000 and growing. The ABO expects interest to increase in the next few months as the expiration of the initial phase-in rules approaches, according to the release.

The new diplomates, representing 39 states and one province in Canada, will be added to the listing of board-certified optometrists on the ABO website (www.americanboardofoptometry.org) and will begin their 10-year maintenance of certification program on Jan. 1, 2013.

Registration is now open for the next ABO examination, scheduled for Dec. 10, 2012, to Jan. 20, 2013, at Prometric Test Centers worldwide. Interested professionals should visit the website at www.abopt.org.