§ 90-119. Persons in practice before passage of statute. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 90‑119.  Personsin practice before passage of statute.

Every person who had been engaged in the practice of optometry in theState for two years prior to the date of the passage of this Article shallhereafter file an affidavit as proof thereof with the Board. The secretaryshall keep a record of such persons who shall be exempt from the provisions ofthe preceding section [G.S. 90‑118]. Upon payment of three dollars($3.00) he shall issue to each of them certificates of registration without thenecessity of an examination. Failure on the part of a person so entitled withinsix months of the enactment of this Article to make written application to theBoard for the certificate of registration accompanied by a written statement,signed by him and duly verified before an officer authorized to administeroaths within this State, fully setting forth the grounds upon which he claimssuch certificate, shall be deemed a waiver of his right to a certificate underthe provisions of this section. A person who has thus waived his right mayobtain a certificate thereafter by successfully passing examination and payinga fee as provided herein. (1909, c. 444, ss. 6, 7, 9; C.S., s. 6692.)