21 NCAC 40 .0319. APPLICANTS FROM OTHER STATES

(a)  An applicant seeking licensure in North Carolina under G.S. 90-241(a) shall tender an application to the Board accompanied by affidavits from two persons with whom the applicant worked as an optician for the previous four years.  In addition, the applicant shall furnish affidavits from two licensed refractionists, either ophthalmologists or optometrists, that the applicant has practiced the profession of opticianry for four years in another state immediately prior to the application.

(b)  An applicant seeking admission to an examination under G.S. 90-241(b) shall tender an application to the Board accompanied by affidavits from two persons under whom or with whom the applicant lawfully worked in the practice of opticianry in the other state, either in one or multiple places of business.  The application and the affidavits shall describe the tasks performed by the applicant in the other state and the dates the tasks were performed.

(c)  An application under G.S. 90-241(a) must be filed with the Board not more than 90 days following the termination of the applicant's out-of-state opticianry work for which the applicant claims credit.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑237; 90-239; 90‑241; 90‑249(12);

Eff. November 1, 1981;

Amended Eff. August 1, 1998; December 1, 1994; July 1, 1991; February 1, 1989.