§ 2672 - Qualifications - Vermont Statutes

§ 2672. Qualifications

No person may be examined or licensed under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless the applicant has attained the age of majority and possesses the following qualifications:

(1) Has obtained a high school education or its equivalent and has completed at least a two-year course of study in a school of ophthalmic dispensing approved by the board or a school which is a candidate for accreditation by an accreditation agency approved by the United States Department of Education and by the director; or

(2) Has completed three years of practical training and experience, approved by the director, under the supervision of a licensed optician, ophthalmologist, or optometrist. (Added 1973, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2005, No. 27, § 78; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 28.)