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Title 12 . Professional and Vocational Regulations
Chapter 30 . Big Game Guides and Transporters
Section 220. Continuing competence requirements

12 AAC 30.220. Continuing competence requirements

(a) An applicant for renewal of a dispensing optician license shall complete at least 10 hours of continuing competence acceptable to the board under this chapter during the concluding licensing period.

(b) Continuing competence experiences must relate directly to the aspect of dispensing opticianry for which the applicant is licensed. However, for each biennial renewal, no more than two hours may be in the aspect for which the applicant is not licensed and no more than two hours may be in business management.

(c) An applicant must complete the requirement set out in (a) of this section for each aspect of dispensing opticianry in which the applicant is licensed. A person licensed to dispense both spectacles and contact lenses must meet the requirement of (a) of this section for both of those aspects.

(d) One quarter-hour of academic credit from a college or university course directly related to optics, anatomy, or physiology of the eye constitutes five hours of continuing competence.

(e) One semester-hour of academic credit from a college or university course directly related to optics, anatomy, or physiology of the eye constitutes 10 hours of continuing competence.

(f) A dispensing optician who is applying for license renewal for the first time shall certify having completed at least five contact hours of continuing education for each complete calendar year that the applicant was licensed during the concluding licensing period.

History: Eff. 6/23/78, Register 66; am 4/22/83, Register 86; am 4/29/91, Register 118; am 2/26/2003, Register 165

Authority: AS 08.71.080

AS 08.71.130

Editor's note: Before Register 165, April 2003, the substance of 12 AAC 30.220 appeared in 12 AAC 30.050. The history note for 12 AAC 30.220 includes the history of 12 AAC 30.050 before Register 165, April 2003.


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