21 ncac 40 .0104             INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

(a)  Potential applicants for a North Carolina optician's license can download application forms from the Board's website www.ncopticiansboard.org. Application forms shall be submitted in order to be considered for licensure by waiver of the examination, or to sit for the licensure examination.

(1)           Applicants for licensure examination shall provide documentation of eligibility for examination participation by having met requirements of G.S. 90-240(a)(1) or (2), or G.S. 90-241(b).

(A)          Applicants qualifying by G.S. 90-240(a)(2) shall provide a certified transcript showing completion of AAS degree from an accredited school of opticianry.

(B)          Applicants qualifying by G.S. 90-241(b) shall provide a certified transcript showing completion of an optical certificate program from an accredited school of opticianry, or a Board-recognized training program.

(2)           Applicants for licensure by waiver of examination shall provide documentation for having met requirements of G.S. 90-241(a).

(A)          Verification of good standing from the state where licensure was previously obtained.

(B)          Affidavits as set forth in 21 NCAC 40 .0319.

(3)           Applicants shall provide a certified transcript showing graduation from high school as required by G.S. 90-237 for all applications shown in Subparagraphs (a)(1) through (2) of this Rule.

(b)  Any person not able to download licensure information, or the licensure or examination application, or training or renewal application, may request that the Board office mail the materials which the Board will mail to the requesting person.

(c)  When submitting an application as set forth in Subparagraphs (a)(1) through (2) of this Rule above, applicants shall submit the fee as set forth in G.S. 90-246. Additionally, the applicant shall provide:

(1)           information, including an affirmation regarding whether the applicant has violated G.S. 90, Article 17, or 21 NCAC 40 of the North Carolina Administrative Code, or been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor;

(2)           information as to whether the applicant has been named as a defendant or respondent to a lawsuit involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, malpractice, unethical conduct, gross negligence, or gross misconduct;

(3)           the applicant's age; and

(4)           a passport-size photograph taken within six months of the date the application is submitted to the Board.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑237; 90-239; 90‑240; 90-246; 90-249(6); 90‑249.1(a)(8);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. September 29, 1977;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2012; August 1, 1998; February 1, 1989; February 1, 1988; November 1, 1981;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 22, 2018;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2019.