4725.48 Application and qualifications. - Ohio Statutes

4725.48 Application and qualifications.

(A) Any person who desires to engage in optical dispensing, except as provided in section 4725.47 of the Revised Code, shall file a properly completed written application for an examination with the Ohio optical dispensers board or with the testing service the board has contracted with pursuant to section 4725.49 of the Revised Code. The application for examination shall be made on a form provided by the board or testing service and shall be accompanied by an examination fee the board shall establish by rule. Applicants must return the application to the board or testing service at least sixty days prior to the date the examination is scheduled to be administered.

(B) Except as provided in section 4725.47 of the Revised Code, any person who desires to engage in optical dispensing shall file a properly completed written application for a license with the board with the appropriate license fee as set forth under section 4725.50 of the Revised Code. No person shall be eligible to apply for a license under this division, unless the person is at least eighteen years of age, is of good moral character, is free of contagious or infectious disease, has received a passing score, as determined by the board, on the examination administered under division (A) of this section, is a graduate of an accredited high school of any state, or has received an equivalent education and has successfully completed either of the following:

(1) Two years of supervised experience under a licensed dispensing optician, optometrist, or physician engaged in the practice of ophthalmology, up to one year of which may be continuous experience of not less than thirty hours a week in an optical laboratory;

(2) A two-year college level program in optical dispensing that has been approved by the board and that includes, but is not limited to, courses of study in mathematics, science, English, anatomy and physiology of the eye, applied optics, ophthalmic optics, measurement and inspection of lenses, lens grinding and edging, ophthalmic lens design, keratometry, and the fitting and adjusting of spectacle lenses and frames and contact lenses, including methods of fitting contact lenses and post-fitting care.

(C) Any person who desires to obtain a license to practice as an ocularist shall file a properly completed written application with the board accompanied by the appropriate fee and proof that the applicant has met the requirements for licensure. The board shall establish, by rule, the application fee and the minimum requirements for licensure, including education, examination, or experience standards recognized by the board as national standards for ocularists. The board shall issue a license to practice as an ocularist to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of this division and rules adopted pursuant to this division.

Effective Date: 09-05-2001