Ophthalmic Dispenser
New YorkActive
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
An ophthalmic dispenser – commonly called an “optician” – is a licensed health care professional who adapts and fits lenses to correct deficiencies, deformities, or abnormalities of the eyes based on a written prescription from a licensed physician or optometrist. Contact lens practitioners are ophthalmic dispensers who are certified to fit contact lenses.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- NYS Education Department
- Board
- State Board for Ophthalmic Dispensing
- Address
- 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234
- Phone
- (518) 474-3817
- Agency website
- http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/
- Last updated
- February 14, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Optician 29-2081.00
Source and verification
This record is New York's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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