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.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 8. Business and Professions
Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians
Sec. 08.71.080. License required.
Sec. 08.71.090. Examination requirement.
Sec. 08.71.110. Qualifications for licensure.
Sec. 08.71.130. Renewal of license.
Sec. 08.71.140. Display of license.
Sec. 08.71.145. Licensure by credentials.
Sec. 08.71.160. Dispensing optician's apprentice.