1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person is exempt from the provisions of this chapter regulating the practice of optometry if the person is engaged in a clinical program of a school or college of optometry accredited by the Board and if the person is a student who is enrolled in a clinical program of an undergraduate or graduate course of study in optometry at such a school or college and who has not received a degree of doctor of optometry.
2. A person who is employed as a clinician or instructor and who engages in the practice of optometry in this State is required to be licensed by the Board.