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 as set out in 21 NCAC 40 .0104 accompanied by affidavits from two employers for whom the applicant worked as an optician for the four years immediately preceding the application to the Board, and affidavits from two persons who can attest to the moral character of the applicant. In addition, the applicant shall furnish affidavits from two licensed refractionists, either ophthalmologists or optometrists, for whom the applicant has practiced the profession of opticianry in the state in which the applicant claims credit for the four years prior to the application. An application under G.S. 90-241(a) shall be filed with the Board within 90 days following the termination of the applicant's out-of-state opticianry work for which the applicant claims credit.

(b)  An applicant seeking admission to an examination under G.S. 90-241(b) shall tender an application to the Board as set out in 21 NCAC 40 .0104 accompanied by affidavits from two persons under whom or with whom the applicant 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.

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;

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

Amended Eff. December 1, 2019.