N.J. Admin. Code § 13:33-1.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:33-1.7 - Preparation of apprentice ophthalmic technicians for examination

(a) It shall be the responsibility of preceptors of apprentice ophthalmic technicians to provide instruction to apprentices in the following areas:

1. Reading and transposing of a prescription or order for lenses;

2. Knowledge of and fabrication of lenses. Specifically, grinding, processing, optical and geometrical centers, prisms, measurements, base curves, multifocal and colors (tints) of all types of lenses;

3. Knowledge of frames and mountings, sizes, measurements, and types of temples;

4. Using a vertometer, lensometer, or similar instrument;

5. The statutes (52:17B-41.1 et seq.) and rules (this chapter) governing the practice of ophthalmic dispensers and ophthalmic technicians in New Jersey; and

6. Neutralizing and identifying a series of single vision and multifocal lenses; and one of the following:

i. Marking up and surfacing a pair of single vision or multifocal lenses from a pair of semifinished lens blanks; or

ii. Making a complete pair of eyeglasses, given a pair of uncut lenses and a frame or mounting.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:33-1.7

Amended by R.1995 d.192, effective 4/3/1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 298(a), 27 N.J.R. 1428(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.146, effective 4/3/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 241(a), 32 N.J.R. 1236(a).
Rewrote the section.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:33-1.31 by R.2005 d.305, effective 9/6/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 938(a), 37 N.J.R. 3437(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 13:33-1.7 recodified as N.J.A.C. 13:33-3.3 and amended.
Amended by R.2011 d.074, effective 3/7/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1994(b), 43 N.J.R. 642(a)
Added new (a)5; and recodified former (a)5 as (a)6.