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    Master OptiBoarder OptiBoard Silver Supporter SharonB's Avatar
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    Oooops! I Forgot One Thing!

    To answer your question about the candidates language re; pulling or sliding a CL - that task (on the CL Practical) is graded on the safe and successful completion of the lens removal. Slide, pull, yank...no difference as long as the lens can be removed safely for the patient.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SharonB View Post
    Just an additional note: NYS requires that a practical exam tests those skills demonstrations not tested in a written, and it cannot be a written examination. If that were the case, we would only have the NOCE exam as part of our licensing process. While that thought might make a lot of candidates happy, it doesn't conform to current state law.
    I am aware that every licensed state has a slightly different examination process - we all get to the same place in the end.
    As mentioned before I did sit as an examiner for New York and your right we did not try to make it difficult we just wanted to see if they were proficient in some of there perfunctory duties. Another words we wanted to see if they could handle basic optical knowledge with understanding while using that knowledge how would they fix the problem we put before them. Like adjusting a pair of rimless glasses with out breaking them.
    just my 2 cents

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    Quote Originally Posted by jediron1 View Post
    Like adjusting a pair of rimless glasses with out breaking them.
    Like *I* could even do this...???!!

    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by jediron1
    Like adjusting a pair of rimless glasses with out breaking them.
    I forget which book I read it in, but it said that when living in NY state it is a requirement tht all rimless adjustments, especially the really angled ones were to be sent to Barry's shop.:D
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    Quote Originally Posted by HarryChiling View Post
    I forget which book I read it in, but it said that when living in NY state it is a requirement tht all rimless adjustments, especially the really angled ones were to be sent to Barry's shop.:D
    It was one of Darryl's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Santini View Post
    Like *I* could even do this...???!!

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    When I started in 1973 we were seeing a lot of Ronwin shursets and plain old Ronwins even had a Penz-Nez. Had to watch the adjustment on these
    because at that time all were done in glass and quite thin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Santini View Post
    Like *I* could even do this...???!!

    Barry

    I didn't know this was such a big deal! We just went out an did it. Maybe 1 in a 100 broke but working with glass and being very thin 1 in a 100 wasn't bad! We had fun until they broke and the owner was all over us for breaking them, aw the good old days!

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