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 ...