Alaska Statutes.
Title 8. Business and Professions
Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians
Section 90. Examination Requirement.
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AS 08.71.090. Examination Requirement.

To be licensed to dispense contact lenses, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the contact lens registry examination offered by the National Contact Lens Examiners with a score acceptable to the department. In order to be licensed to dispense other lenses, eyeglasses, spectacles, artificial eyes, and their appurtenances, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the national opticianry competency examination offered by the American Board of Opticianry with a score acceptable to the department. An applicant for licensure in both areas shall document having received a score acceptable to the department on both examinations. The department shall, by regulation, establish the scores that will be acceptable for the examinations described in this section.

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