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Board discusses out-of-state reciprocity; DPH cites Public Act 22-47 and 4-year experience rule
Summary
Board members added discussion of New Jersey reciprocity to the agenda and questioned whether licenses granted by New Jersey, which may not include contact-lens fitting, should qualify for Connecticut licensure. DPH staff cited Public Act 22-47, which allows licensing based on an out-of-state license plus four years' licensed experience.
The licensing board voted to add discussion of out-of-state reciprocity for New Jersey licensees to its meeting agenda and then discussed how the state's reciprocity statute applies.
Alden Mead moved to add the item and the board approved the motion. "K. Motion passed," the chair said after the voice vote.
Steve Carriger of the Department of Public Health said departmental practice is to review each out-of-state application individually. "The…
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