Section 08.71.090. Examination requirement.

To be licensed to dispense contact lenses, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the contact lens registry examination offered by the National Contact Lens Examiners with a score acceptable to the department. In order to be licensed to dispense other lenses, eyeglasses, spectacles, artificial eyes, and their appurtenances, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the national opticianry competency examination offered by the American Board of Opticianry with a score acceptable to the department. An applicant for licensure in both areas shall document having received a score acceptable to the department on both examinations. The department shall, by regulation, establish the scores that will be acceptable for the examinations described in this section.

Authorities

8.71.110; 8.71.130

Notes

Implemented As

12 AAC 30.080
12 AAC 30.990

References

12 AAC 30.070
12 AAC 30.080
12 AAC 30.105
AS 8.71.110 .110">Sec. 08.71.110. Qualifications for licensure.
AS 8.71.130 .130">Sec. 08.71.130. Renewal of license.

History

(Sec. 1 ch 45 SLA 1973; am Sec. 15 ch 127 SLA 1974; am Sec. 3 ch 92 SLA 1996; am Sec. 5 ch 58 SLA 2002; am Sec. 5 ch 40 SLA 2008)