The secretary of the board, upon request, shall certify over the seal of the board whether the records kept by it show or fail to show the issuance of a license to practice optometry or any branch thereof or any other profession or business, the practice of which is licensed by the board, or the issuance of any annual certificate of registration for such practice. The fee for such certificate shall be $3.00. Any such certificate, whether made on such request or made by said secretary for use in proceedings in which the board may be a party, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
N.J.S. § 45:12-10