90-234. Necessity for certificate of registration. On and after the first day of July, 1951, no person or combination of persons shall for pay, or reward, either directly or indirectly, practice as a dispensing optician as hereinafter defined in the State of North Carolina without a certificate of registration issued pursuant to the provisions of […]
90-235. Definition. Within the meaning of the provisions of this Article, the term "dispensing optician" defines one who prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses and/or appurtenances thereto to the intended wearers thereof on written prescriptions from physicians or optometrists duly licensed to practice their professions, and in accordance with such prescriptions interprets, measures, adapts, fits […]
90-236. What constitutes practicing as a dispensing optician. Any one or combination of the following practices when done for pay or reward shall constitute practicing as a dispensing optician: Interpreting prescriptions issued by licensed physicians and/or optometrists; fitting glasses on the face; servicing glasses or spectacles; measuring of patient’s face, fitting frames, compounding and fabricating […]
90-236.1. Requirements for filling contact lens prescriptions. No person, firm or corporation licensed or registered under this Article shall fill a prescription or dispense lenses, other than spectacle lenses, unless the prescription specifically states on its face that the prescriber intends it to be for contact lenses and includes the type and specifications of the […]
90-237. Qualifications for dispensing opticians. In order to be issued a license as a registered licensed optician by the North Carolina State Board of Opticians, the applicant: (1) Shall not have violated this Article or the rules of the Board. (2) Shall be at least 18 years of age and a high school graduate or […]
90-238. North Carolina State Board of Opticians created; appointment and qualification of members. The North Carolina State Board of Opticians is created. The Board’s duty is to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Article. The Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor as follows: (1) Five licensed dispensing […]
90-239. Organization, meetings and powers of Board. Within 30 days after appointment of the Board, the Board shall hold its first regular meeting, and at said meeting and annually thereafter shall choose from among its members a chairman, vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. The Board may combine the offices of secretary and treasurer. The […]
90-240. Examination. (a) Applicants to take the examination for dispensing opticians shall be high school graduates or the equivalent who have done one of the following: (1) Successfully completed a two-year course of training in an accredited school of opticianry with a minimum of 1600 hours. (2) Completed two and one-half years of apprenticeship while […]
90-241. Waiver of written examination requirements. (a) The Board shall grant a license without examination to any applicant who: (1) Is at least 18 years of age. (2) Is of good moral character. (3) Holds a license in good standing as a dispensing optician in another state. (4) Has engaged in the practice of opticianry […]
90-243. Registration of places of business, apprentices. The Board may adopt rules requiring, as a condition of dispensing, the registration of places of business where ophthalmic dispensing is engaged in, and for registration of apprentices and interns who are working under direct supervision of a licensed optician. The Board may also require that any information […]
90-244. Display, use, and renewal of license of registration. (a) Every person to whom a license has been granted under this Article shall display the same in a conspicuous part of the office or establishment wherein he is engaged as a dispensing optician. The Board may adopt regulations concerning the display of registrations of places […]
90-245. Collection of fees. The administrator for the Board is hereby authorized and empowered to collect in the name and on behalf of this Board the fees prescribed by this Article and shall turn over to the State Treasurer all funds collected or received under this Article, which funds shall be credited to the North […]
90-246. Fees. In order to provide the means of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Article and the other duties of the North Carolina State Board of Opticians, the Board is hereby authorized to charge and collect the following fees: (1)……. Each examination……………………………………………………………………… $300.00 (2)……. Each initial license……………………………………………………………………. $100.00 (3)……. Each renewal of license……………………………………………………………… […]
90-248. Compensation and expenses of Board members and secretary. Each member of the Board shall receive for his or her services for time actually in attendance upon Board meetings and affairs of the Board only, the amount of per diem provided by G.S. 138-5 and shall be reimbursed for subsistence, mileage and necessary expenses incurred […]
90-249. Powers of the Board. (a) The Board shall have the power to make rules, not inconsistent with this Article and the laws of the State of North Carolina, with respect to the following areas of the business of opticianry in North Carolina: (1) Misrepresentation to the public. (2) Baiting or deceptive advertising. (3) Continuing […]
90-249.1. Disciplinary actions. (a) The Board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue, renew, or reinstate any license for any of the following: (1) Offering to practice or practicing as a dispensing optician without a license. (2) Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person in offering to practice or practicing as a dispensing optician. (3) Selling, […]
90-250. Sale of optical glasses. No optical glass or other kindred products or instruments of vision shall be dispensed, ground or assembled in connection with a given formula prescribed by a licensed physician or optometrist except under the supervision of a licensed dispensing optician and in a registered optical establishment or office. Provided, however, that […]
90-251. Licensee allowing unlicensed person to use his certificate or license. Each licensee licensed under the provisions of this Article who shall rent, loan or allow the use of his registration certificate or license to an unlicensed person for any unlawful use shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1951, c. 1089, s. 18; […]
90-252. Engaging in practice without license. Any person, firm or corporation owning, managing or conducting a store, shop or place of business and not having in its employ and on duty, during all hours in which acts constituting the business of opticianry are carried on, a licensed dispensing optician engaged in supervision of such store, […]
90-253. Exemptions from Article. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to apply to optometrists, or physicians trained in ophthalmology who are authorized to practice under the laws of this State, or to an unlicensed person working within the practice and under the direct supervision of the optometrist or physician trained in ophthalmology. An apprentice […]
