A license as an ophthalmic dispenser shall be issued by the board to any person who pays a fee of fifty dollars ($50) and submits evidence under oath satisfactory to the board:
(1) That he or she is more than eighteen (18) years of age and of good moral character;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 326.040

  • Board: means the "Kentucky Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers". See Kentucky Statutes 326.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Ophthalmic dispensing: means that a person prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or appurtenances thereto to the intended wearers on written prescriptions from licensed physicians, osteopaths, or optometrists, and in accordance with these prescriptions, interprets, measures, adapts, fits, and adjusts the lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or appurtenances thereto to the human face for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the human eyes. See Kentucky Statutes 326.010

(2) That he or she possesses a high school diploma or a High School Equivalency
Diploma;
(3) That he or she has at least two (2) years of satisfactory training and experience in ophthalmic dispensing under the supervision of an ophthalmic dispenser, physician, osteopath, or optometrist, or is a graduate of an accepted school of ophthalmic dispensing;
(4) That he or she has passed a satisfactory examination in ophthalmic dispensing approved by the board.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 33, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 16. — Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 3, effective
June 17, 1954.