Section 08.71.110. Qualifications for licensure.

   (a) The department may issue a license to a person who
        (1) has had education equivalent to four years attendance at a high school;
        (2) has either
             (A) completed at least 1,800 hours of training as an apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice; or
             (B) been engaged for at least 1,800 hours as a practicing optician in good standing in a state, territory, district, or possession of the United States;
        (3) has passed the applicable examination required under AS 08.71.090 with a score acceptable to the department;
        (4) has passed a course designated in the department's regulations as being acceptable; and
        (5) has paid the required license fee.
   (b) Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the experience required by (a)(2) and (4) of this section.

Authorities

8.71.163

Notes

Implemented As

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References

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AS 8.71.163 .163">Sec. 08.71.163. Dispensing optician's assistant.

History

(Sec. 1 ch 45 SLA 1973; am Sec. 4 ch 56 SLA 1980; am Sec. 2 ch 145 SLA 1986; am Sec. 2 ch 51 SLA 1988; am Sec. 6 ch 58 SLA 2002; am Sec. 6 ch 40 SLA 2008)