Sec. 08.71.110. Qualifications for licensure.

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(a)The department may issue a license to a person who

(1)has had education equivalent to four years attendance at a high school;

(2)has either

(A)completed at least 1,800 hours of training as an apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice; or

(B)been engaged for at least 1,800 hours as a practicing optician in good standing in a state, territory, district, or possession of the United States;

(3)has passed the applicable examination required under AS 08.71.090 with a score acceptable to the department;

(4)has passed a course designated in the department's regulations as being acceptable; and

(5)has paid the required license fee.

(b)Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the experience required by (a)(2) and

(4)of this section.