1. Only a person who is deemed to have held an active or inactive limited license as a dispensing optician since February 1, 2004, may hold a limited license as a dispensing optician. A limited license as a dispensing optician may not be issued to any other person.
2. A limited license as a dispensing optician:
(a) Authorizes the holder to engage in the practice of ophthalmic dispensing pursuant to this chapter, except that the holder shall not dispense contact lenses or supervise the dispensing of contact lenses by a person licensed as an apprentice dispensing optician pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Must at all times be conspicuously displayed at the holder’s place of practice.
(c) May not be placed on inactive status on or after January 31, 2023.