Alaska Stat. § 08.71.110
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Qualifications for licensure.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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