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Licensing board tables decision on time limit for using passed portion of new eyewear exam
Summary
After reviewing November exam results and debating whether to limit how long candidates can carry credit for a passed eyewear sub‑exam, the board voted to table the proposal for further study and return the item at its next meeting.
At a meeting of the licensing board overseeing optician licensure, members reviewed recent exam results and debated whether to limit how long a candidate may carry credit for a passed portion of the newly subdivided eyewear exam before being required to retake the entire eyewear section. The board voted to table the proposal until its next meeting to allow staff to gather comparisons and consider the policy’s equity and administrative impacts.
Practitioner licensing staff member Celeste Daldell reported that, in the November testing cycle, 11 candidates took the eyewear practical: eight passed and three failed. Six candidates took the contact lens portion and all six passed, and six candidates passed the state-law portion. Celeste identified the…
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