Do You Have a Desire to Become an LDO in Alaska?
Want to explore and become part of the elite Opticians in Alaska to be Licensed? Below are the State of Alaska Regulations and Licensure processes to review. If you wish to apply as an LDO, Apprentice or need to access other SOA forms please visit the "Useful Links" page and click on The State of Alaska's Dispensing Opticians Program
For more information. Also feel free to reach out to the OAAK for any help and support we may offer you and we wish you the best on your personal journey in the proud profession of Opticianry in the Last Frontier!
For more information. Also feel free to reach out to the OAAK for any help and support we may offer you and we wish you the best on your personal journey in the proud profession of Opticianry in the Last Frontier!
Summary Requirements to become an LDO in Alaska:
EXAMINATION RESULTS
Verification of passing the applicable examination under AS 08.71.090 and maintaining the certification for spectacles or contact
lenses, or both, sent directly to the division from the American Board of Opticianry or the National Contact Lens Examiners.
VERIFICATION OF WORK EXPERIENCE
A completed Verification of Work Experience form (#08-4957b) verifying 1,800 hours as a practicing optician in spectacles and/or
1,800 hours as a practicing optician in contact lenses or a total of 3,600 hours as a practicing optician in both aspects, in good
standing in a state, territory, district, or possession of the United States.
- OR -
A completed Apprentice Termination of Sponsorship/Verification of Training form (#08-4957c) verifying at least 1,800 hours of
training in spectacles and/or 1,800 hours of training in contact lenses or a total of 3,600 hours of training in both aspects as an
apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice.
Note: Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the
experience required by AS 08.71.110(a)(2). If you choose this option in lieu of the experience requirement, you must submit an
official transcript which must be sent directly from the recognized school or college to the State of Alaska.
COURSE COMPLETION
Verification of passing the Ophthalmic Career Progression Program (OCPP) sponsored by the National Academy of Opticianry
(NAO) or another approved program that the department determines is equivalent for spectacles and/or the Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA), Contact Lens Manual: Volume 1, A Comprehensive Study and Reference Guide for contact lenses.
Note: Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the
experience required. If you choose this option in lieu of the experience requirement, you must submit an official transcript which
must be sent directly from the recognized school or college to the State of Alaska.
Verification of passing the applicable examination under AS 08.71.090 and maintaining the certification for spectacles or contact
lenses, or both, sent directly to the division from the American Board of Opticianry or the National Contact Lens Examiners.
VERIFICATION OF WORK EXPERIENCE
A completed Verification of Work Experience form (#08-4957b) verifying 1,800 hours as a practicing optician in spectacles and/or
1,800 hours as a practicing optician in contact lenses or a total of 3,600 hours as a practicing optician in both aspects, in good
standing in a state, territory, district, or possession of the United States.
- OR -
A completed Apprentice Termination of Sponsorship/Verification of Training form (#08-4957c) verifying at least 1,800 hours of
training in spectacles and/or 1,800 hours of training in contact lenses or a total of 3,600 hours of training in both aspects as an
apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice.
Note: Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the
experience required by AS 08.71.110(a)(2). If you choose this option in lieu of the experience requirement, you must submit an
official transcript which must be sent directly from the recognized school or college to the State of Alaska.
COURSE COMPLETION
Verification of passing the Ophthalmic Career Progression Program (OCPP) sponsored by the National Academy of Opticianry
(NAO) or another approved program that the department determines is equivalent for spectacles and/or the Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA), Contact Lens Manual: Volume 1, A Comprehensive Study and Reference Guide for contact lenses.
Note: Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the
experience required. If you choose this option in lieu of the experience requirement, you must submit an official transcript which
must be sent directly from the recognized school or college to the State of Alaska.