Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person not licensed to practice medicine or optometry in Arkansas who shall perform or purport to perform any act described in § 17-89-102(4) must be licensed or registered by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians as provided in this chapter.
(a) Every applicant for examination as a licensed dispensing optician shall present satisfactory evidence to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians that he or she is over twenty-one (21) years of age, a high school graduate or the equivalent thereof, and either: (1) Is a graduate of a school of opticianry whose curriculum consists of […]
Every applicant for examination as a registered dispensing optician shall present satisfactory evidence to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians that he or she is over twenty-one (21) years of age, a high school graduate or the equivalent thereof, and either: (1) Has a minimum of three (3) years’ dispensing experience in Arkansas under the […]
(a) No person other than a licensed optometrist or licensed physician skilled in diseases of the eye or a person licensed or registered by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians as approved in this chapter shall provide ophthalmic dispensing services to the public until after he or she has passed the written and practical examination […]
(a) Any person who desires to provide ophthalmic dispensing services to the public as a licensed or registered dispensing optician in this state and who holds a current validated certificate of licensure or registry as a dispensing optician in a state whose requirements for licensure or registry are in the opinion of the Arkansas Board […]
(a) Any person from a nonlicensing state who desires to provide ophthalmic dispensing services to the public as a licensed or registered dispensing optician in this state, and who submits satisfactory evidence to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians that he or she meets the following requirements, shall be eligible for licensure or registry by […]
(a) All licensed and registered opticians shall pay by July 1 of each year a fee established by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians to the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians as a renewal licensure or registry fee. (b) (1) Unless the fee is paid, certificates of licensure or registry issued under […]
(a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians may institute a program for continuing education for its licensees. (b) The board may require proof of successful completion of its continuing education requirements as a condition for renewal of license, except that the board shall not require more than nine (9) clock hours of continuing education within […]
(a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall revoke or suspend or refuse to issue or renew a license or registration of any dispensing optician for any violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rules promulgated by the board, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The applicant, licensee, or registrant […]
(a) (1) Any person may file a complaint with the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians against any person providing ophthalmic dispensing services to the public or having a certificate of licensure or registry to practice ophthalmic dispensing in this state charging the person with having violated the provisions of this chapter. (2) The complaint shall […]
