Alaska: Licensure by examination procedures: Verification of passing the Career Progression Program (CPP) sponsored by the National Academy of Opticianry (NAO) or another approved program that the department determines is equivalent for spectacles. https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/dop4151.pdf
Phone: Juneau 907-465-2550 Anchorage 907-269-8160
Arizona: The OCPP is compliant with the Arizona State Board of Dispensing Opticians Rule R4-20-102. 1.d: “If demonstrating technical skill and training under A.R.S. § 32-1683(5)(c), the name and address of the school from which the applicant graduated, dates of attendance, date of graduation, degree received…
Phone: 602-542-8158
Florida: The equivalent of 2,080 hours of apprenticeship training.
http://floridasopticianry.gov/meetings/ minutes/2017/01-january/013017-meetings.pdf
Phone: 850-488-0595
Georgia: Able to apply for a dispensing optician’s license on the completion of OCPP. https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/ licensing/plb/20/faq
Phone: 478-207-2440
Massachusetts: Five Year Dispensing Optician Policy: Related Training and Testing: Apprentices can use a full dispensing optician curriculum or a test preparation curriculum to prepare for the ABO and NCLE exams. For the test preparation curriculum the equivalent of the required 450 hours of related instruction will be granted for the preparation and taking of the ABO and NCLE exams. The test preparation component will be worth 75 hours per test preparation course, and 75 hours per test attempt, for a total of 150 hours per year. All test preparation courses must be taken from one provider for each exam. Apprentices participating in a full curriculum (not test prep) may take the ABO and NCLE exams in year 3.
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/five-year-dispensing-optician-policy
Phone: 617-727-9970
Nevada: A pre-approved education program if apprentices choose to get their license via that apprenticeship track. http://nvbdo.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/nvbdonvgov/content/Licensure/ApprenticeshipRequirements.pdf
Phone: 775-689- 0132
New York: One of the required components of Option 2 for licensure. http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/od/odlic.htm
Phone: 518-474-3817 ext. 250
North Carolina: Approved apprenticeship training establishment.
https://www.ncopticiansboard.org/
Phone: 919-420-1390
South Carolina: Pre-approved formal optical education program. https://llr.sc.gov/opti/forms/Apprenticeship%20 Requirements.pdf
Phone: 803-896-4681
Tennessee: Worth 1,750 hours (or one year) of the 5,250 hours (or three years) of apprenticeship training.
https://www. tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/do-board/do-board/educational-programs.html
Phone: 615-741-5735
Vermont: Allows opticians to apprentice for just one year if they complete OCPP. https://legislature.vermont.gov/ Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0104/H-0104%20As%20Introduced.pdf
Phone: 802-828-2373
Virginia: One of the approved programs for the two-year course requirement. https://vaopticians.org/
Phone: 804-367- 8590