21 NCAC 42D .0101. DEFINITIONS

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(a) Optometric assistants are those paraoptometric personnel who qualify by training and experience to perform duties of a technical nature relating to the assisting of a licensed practitioner in a dependent relationship.

(b) The optometric laboratory assistant is an individual with control of ophthalmic materials used in the optometric practice for lens and frame fabrication, selection and dispensing.

(c) Optometric technicians are those paraoptometric personnel who have satisfactorily completed programs in optometric technicianry approved by the Board. Technicians are trained in patient handling, ophthalmic laboratory preparation, administration of visual training, contact lens procedures and ophthalmic frame styling.

History Note: Authority G.S. 90‑115.1(6); 90‑117.5;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. May 30, 1978;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1989; September 30, 1981.

                    
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