Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.34 Dispensing Opticians

  • 18.34.005 Regulation of health care professions -- Criteria
    See chapter 18.120 RCW. ...
  • 18.34.010 Licensing -- Exemptions -- Limitations
    Nothing in this chapter shall: (1) Be construed to limit or restrict a duly licensed physician or optometrist or employees working under the personal supervision ...
  • 18.34.020 Definitions
    The term "secretary" wherever used in this chapter shall mean the secretary of health of the state of Washington. The term "apprentice" wherever used in ...
  • 18.34.030 Apprentices
    No licensee hereunder may have more than two apprentices in training or under their direct supervision at any one time. However, the primary supervisor shall ...
  • 18.34.050 Examining committee -- Compensation and travel expenses
    The examining committee shall consist of three persons primarily engaged in the business of dispensing opticians and who currently hold a valid license under this ...
  • 18.34.060 Dispensing optician
    A dispensing optician is a person who prepares duplications of, or prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses and/or appurtenances thereto to the intended wearers thereof ...
  • 18.34.070 Applicants -- Eligibility for examination -- Fee
    Any applicant for a license shall be examined if he or she pays an examination fee determined by the secretary as provided in RCW 43.70.250 ...
  • 18.34.080 Examination -- Issuance and display of license
    The examination shall determine whether the applicant has a thorough knowledge of the principles governing the practice of a dispensing optician which is hereby declared ...
  • 18.34.110 Existing practitioner -- Fee
    The secretary shall issue a license without examination to any person who makes application therefor within six months after June 12, 1957, pays a fee ...
  • 18.34.115 Credentialing by endorsement
    An applicant holding a credential in another state may be credentialed to practice in this state without examination if the secretary determines that the other ...
  • 18.34.120 Renewal registration fee -- Continuing education
    Each licensee hereunder shall pay a renewal registration fee determined by the secretary as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. The secretary may adopt rules ...
  • 18.34.136 Application of uniform disciplinary act
    The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.[1987 c ...
  • 18.34.141 License required
    No person may practice or represent himself or herself as a dispensing optician without first having a valid license to do so.[1987 c 150 § ...
  • 18.34.900 Severability -- 1957 c 43
    If any provisions of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, or the application ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009