32-1683

32-1683. Qualifications of applicants

An applicant for a license issued under this chapter shall:

1. Be of good moral character.

2. Not have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

3. Not be a former licensee under this chapter whose license was suspended or
revoked and not subsequently reinstated.

4. Be a high school graduate or the equivalent as prescribed by rules of the board.

5. Establish that the applicant has the required technical skill and training
necessary for licensing by any one of the following means:

(a) Submit evidence of having a valid and subsisting license in good standing from
another state that licenses dispensing opticians or ophthalmic dispensers and whose
requirements are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter.

(b) Submit evidence of having served an apprenticeship in optical dispensing for
three of the six years immediately preceding the date of application under the direct
supervision of a dispensing optician, optometrist or an allopathic or osteopathic
physician who holds an active license in good standing issued by any state. The
apprenticeship must include all principal phases of optical dispensing in order to result
in the applicant acquiring the minimum basic skills required for optical dispensing. The
board may accept a maximum of one thousand hours of alternative optical laboratory
experience toward satisfying the apprenticeship requirements if that experience meets the
standards established by the board.

(c) Submit evidence of graduation from a school of optical dispensing that
presently meets the standards required for approval by a nationally recognized body on
opticianry accreditation as determined by the board. The applicant must also have served
an apprenticeship in optical dispensing as prescribed in subdivision (b) for one of the
six years immediately preceding the date of application.

(d) Submit evidence of having worked as a dispensing optician or having served as
an apprentice to a dispensing optician, a physician or an optometrist in a nonlicensing
state for three of the six years immediately preceding the date of application. This work
or apprenticeship must include all principal phases of optical dispensing in order to
result in the applicant acquiring the minimum basic skills required for optical
dispensing.