1. (A) All applicants for initial licensure must take and pass a Board-approved opticianry competency examination and a Board-approved examination in practical areas of opticianry. The opticianry competency examination may be taken while the applicant is a registered apprentice or is attending a two-year opticianry school. The practical examination may be taken after submission of a completed application for licensure as an optician.

   1. (1) The opticianry competency examination may be taken as many times and as often as necessary until the applicant passes it.
   2. (2) If the practical examination is not passed after two attempts, an applicant must obtain Board approval to re-take the examination for the third and any subsequent attempts. The Board shall require additional training, work or study prior to approving the applicant to re-examine.
2. (B) All applicants for additional licensure as contact lens dispensing opticians must also take and pass a qualifying contact lens examination. The examination may be taken as many times and as often as necessary until the applicant passes it.

HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 23, Issue No. 5, eff May 28, 1999. Amended by State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2012; State Register Volume 41, Issue No. 5, Doc. No. 4723, eff May 26, 2017; SCSR 44-6 Doc. No. 4925, eff June 26, 2020.