All applicants who have been principally engaged in ophthalmic dispensing and in the preparation and processing of ophthalmic lenses and frames to prescriptions in the State of New Jersey for a period of two years prior to the effective day of this enactment, and whose applications, accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), have been properly filed prior to such day or within six months after said day, shall be issued a license.
All applicants who have been principally engaged as an ophthalmic technician in the preparation and processing of ophthalmic lenses and frames in the State of New Jersey for a period of two years prior to the effective day of this enactment, and whose applications, accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), have been properly filed prior to such day or within six months after said day, shall be issued a license.