HB 391: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Dispensing Opticians; relating to the regulation of dispensing opticians; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 391 01 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Dispensing Opticians; relating 02 to the regulation of dispensing opticians; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 08.03.010(c)(9) is amended to read: 05 (9) Board of Dispensing Opticians (AS 08.71.010) -- June 30, 2005 06 [2002]; 07 * Sec. 2. AS 08.71.090 is amended to read: 08 Sec. 08.71.090. Content of examination. To be licensed as a dispensing 09 optician, a person, unless eligible for licensing without examination under 10 AS 08.71.145, shall pass an examination given by the board. A person applying for 11 a license to dispense contact lenses shall pass the contact lens registry 12 examination offered by the National Contact Lens Examiners. A person applying 13 for a license to dispense other lenses, eyeglasses, spectacles, artificial eyes, and 14 their appurtenances shall pass the national opticianry competency examination
01 offered by the American Board of Opticianry. An applicant for licensure in both 02 areas shall pass both examinations [AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, 03 THE EXAMINATION MAY TEST ORALLY, IN WRITING, OR OTHERWISE, 04 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 05 SUBJECTS: OPTICS, ANATOMY, LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY, 06 OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING, CONTACT LENS TECHNOLOGY, TECHNICAL 07 MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS, AND BUSINESS CONCEPTS OF OPTICAL 08 DISPENSING]. 09 * Sec. 3. AS 08.71.110 is amended to read: 10 Sec. 08.71.110. Qualifications of applicants for examination. (a) A person 11 is entitled to take an [THE] examination who 12 (1) has had education equivalent to four years attendance at a high 13 school; 14 (2) has either 15 (A) completed at least 3,000 [6,000] hours of training as an 16 apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice; or 17 (B) been engaged for at least 3,000 [6,000] hours as a 18 practicing optician in good standing in a state, territory, district, or possession 19 of the United States; and 20 (3) has paid the required examination fee. 21 (b) Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or 22 college of opticianry may be substituted for 2,000 [4,000] of the 3,000 [6,000] hours 23 of experience required by (a)(2) of this section. 24 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).