The board shall prescribe and prepare the necessary forms for application and examination of candidates for certification hereunder and shall by its formally adopted rules and regulations establish the method and manner in which such application shall be filed and the examination held.

The board shall be authorized and empowered to promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations which shall be necessary to give full force and effect to the provisions of this act and to regulate the practice of ophthalmic dispensers and ophthalmic technicians in this State within the meaning hereof; provided, however, such rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

L.1952, c. 336, p. 1084, s. 13.