(b) Each applicant shall:

1. (1) Verify that he or she is over the age of twenty-one (21) years;
2. (2) Be a high school graduate, or the equivalent thereof, and provide a certified copy of the high school transcript or Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED);

3. (3) Submit written proof that he or she possesses the experience and/or education requirements, which are specified in Arkansas Code §§ 17-89-302 and 17-89-303:

   1. (A) Provide a certified copy of transcript from a nationally accredited organization approved by the board;
   2. (B) Apprenticed dispensing opticians shall submit copies of all Supervision Agreements and Quarterly Supervision Reports as written proof that they have met the experience requirements; or
   3. (C)

(i) Applicants submitting experience for three (3) years’ dispensing experience under the direct supervision of any Arkansas-licensed optometrist or Arkansas-licensed physician skilled in disease of the eye shall submit the board-approved Supervision Report forms attested to by the optometrist or physician skilled in disease of the eye.

1. (ii) Said supervised period of time shall consist of no less than four thousand eight hundred (4,800) hours in the last five (5) years to qualify for the examination;

2. (4)

   1. (A) Enclose the examination fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the National Practical Examination.
   2. (B) Applicants for licensure or registry must successfully complete the National Practical Examination with a score of seventy percent (70%); and
3. (5) Enclose a current photograph approximately one inch by one inch (1” x 1”) of the applicant.