{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.71.090","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.71.090","heading":"Examination requirement.","body":"To be licensed to dispense contact lenses, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the contact lens registry examination offered by the National Contact Lens Examiners with a score acceptable to the department. In order to be licensed to dispense other lenses, eyeglasses, spectacles, artificial eyes, and their appurtenances, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the national opticianry competency examination offered by the American Board of Opticianry with a score acceptable to the department. An applicant for licensure in both areas shall document having received a score acceptable to the department on both examinations. The department shall, by regulation, establish the scores that will be acceptable for the examinations described in this section.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians.","Article 2. Licensing."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.71.090","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"75f9838e3bc8f6e3694b4fa2761cdb61dbc04b966dfc9ba377d1747340e4da32","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.71.085","next":"us-ak/as-08.71.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}