{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.71.110","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.71.110","heading":"Qualifications for licensure.","body":"(a) The department may issue a license to a person who\n(1) has had education equivalent to four years attendance at a high school;\n(2) has either\n(A) completed at least 1,800 hours of training as an apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice; or\n(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;\n(3) has passed the applicable examination required under AS 08.71.090 with a score acceptable to the department;\n(4) has passed a course designated in the department's regulations as being acceptable; and\n(5) has paid the required license fee.\n(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.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians.","Article 2. Licensing."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.71.110","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"d9690f830eeb25d07bebdec28ce8b34be7b3b6f091ca3ba74b9df1be6177213a","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.71.100","next":"us-ak/as-08.71.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}