Ohio Code § 4725.52

§ 4725.52.

Any licensed dispensing optician may supervise a maximum of three apprentices who

shall be permitted to engage in optical dispensing only under the supervision of the

licensed dispensing optician. To serve as an apprentice, a person shall register with the state vision professionals

board on a form provided by the board and in the form of a statement giving the name

and address of the supervising licensed dispensing optician, the location at which

the apprentice will be employed, and any other information required by the board.  For the duration of the apprenticeship, the apprentice shall register annually on

the form provided by the board and in the form of a statement. Each apprentice shall pay an initial registration fee of twenty dollars.  The board shall not charge an apprentice a fee to renew the apprentice's registration. The board shall grant registration as an apprentice under this section in accordance

with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if the applicant holds a registration

or license in another state or has satisfactory work experience, a government certification,

or a private certification as described in that chapter as an apprentice permitted

to engage in supervised optical dispensing in a state that does not grant that registration

or license. The board shall not deny registration as an apprentice under this section to any individual

based on the individual's past criminal history or an interpretation of moral character

unless the denial is for a disqualifying offense in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code .  In considering a renewal of an individual's registration, the board shall not consider

any conviction or plea of guilty prior to the initial registration.  However, the board may consider a conviction or plea of guilty if it occurred after

the individual was initially registered, or after the most recent registration renewal.  If the board denies an individual for a registration or registration renewal, the

reasons for such denial shall be put in writing.  Additionally, the board may grant an individual a conditional registration that

lasts for one year.  After the one-year period has expired, the registration is no longer considered

conditional, and the individual shall be considered fully registered. A person who is gaining experience under the supervision of a licensed optometrist

or ophthalmologist that would qualify the person under division (B)(1) of section 4725.48 of the Revised Code to take the examination for optical dispensing is not required to register with the

board.