need advice

[magyar]

Hi Everyone,
I've been living in the US for a year. I had been an optician in Europe before I moved here.
My question is : what do I have to do to be able to work as an optician in Colorado? Do I have to go to school or take any kind of exam?
If anyone knows the answer please let me know.
Thanks a lot!
-M.

[shellrob]

Call the state board.

[Chris Ryser]

My question is : what do I have to do to be able to work as an optician in Colorado? Do I have to go to school or take any kind of exam?
If anyone knows the answer please let me know.

According to th Sate of Colorado there is no license required. You can go and work as an optician anytime.



OPTOMETRIST
EYE DOCTOR EYE GLASSES OPTHAMOLOGIST OPTICIAN OPTOMETRIST



State
Colorado Division of Registrations
Board of Optometric Examiners
1560 Broadway #1310
DENVER , CO 80202
(303)894-7751 OPTOMETRISTS can examine and prescribe corrective eyewear.

Requirements: Degree of Optometry from an approved school of Optometry. Pass written examination of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

Link: http://www.optometry.org/

Applicant must also meet Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agent and Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agent requirements. Candidates must have passed the TMOD (Therapeutic Management Ocular Disease) test or have completed an approved course.

To treat glaucoma and anterior uveitis, must have fulfilled AOT (Advanced Ocular Therapy) requirements.

2-year license. Fee varies.

State law prohibits optometrists from working for opticians, stores, corporations or other individuals, with the exceptions that optometrists may work for other optometrists and optometric professional corporations.


State
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
1575 Sherman St
DENVER , CO 80203-1714
(303)866-2993
Fax: (303)866-4411 Vision services for Medicaid-enrolled children may be provided by an ophthalmologist, optometrist or optician. These services include testing, diagnosis, and treatment for visual defects, and eyeglasses if medically necessary. Link: http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/StateRules/SRp...



NOTE: OPTHAMOLOGISTS are medical doctors and can do all that an Optometrist can do and also perform surgery and diagnose other related health conditions. Ophthalmologists are licensed through the Medical Board. See PHYSICIAN
NOTE: OPTICIANS can make and adjust glasses. They are not licensed by the state. They may be certified by the National Academy of Opticianry.
http://www.nao.org/


page last updated 9/15/03

The Colorado Revised Statutes are available on line at http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0. You can locate a statute of interest by searching either on the citation given in the database (e.g., 18-5-307) or on a keyword or phrase.

[Judy Canty]

I could be mistaken, but I believe that Colorado won something called "Title Protection" several years ago. While I'm not sure of the process, it may require that anyone calling themselves an Optician must register with the State of Colorado.