4725.50 Issuing and display of certificate.

4725.50 Issuing and display of certificate.

(A) Except for a person who qualifies for licensure as an ocularist, each person who qualifies for licensure under sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code shall receive from the Ohio optical dispensers board, under its seal, a certificate of licensure entitling him to practice as a licensed spectacle dispensing optician, licensed contact lens dispensing optician, or a licensed spectacle-contact lens dispensing optician. The appropriate certificate of licensure shall be issued by the board no later than sixty days after it has notified the applicant of his approval for licensure.

(B) The licensure fee shall be fifty dollars for applications submitted in January through March; thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, in April through June; twenty-five dollars, in July through September; and twelve dollars and fifty cents, in October through December.

(C) Each licensed dispensing optician shall display his certificate of licensure in a conspicuous place in his office or place of business. If a licensed dispensing optician maintains more than one office or place of business, he shall display a duplicate copy of such certificate at each location. The board shall issue duplicate copies of the appropriate certificate of licensure for this purpose upon the filing of an application form therefor and the payment of a five-dollar fee for each duplicate copy.

Effective Date: 07-20-1994