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Skip to main content Search Home e-Licensing Statutes Rules LICENSING Forms Resources FAQ Small Business Bill of Rights Fee Waiver Continuing Education Board Meetings Directory Licensing Search Directories Find an establishment or dispensing optician by searching our directories. Read More » 1 2 3 Statutes Find information on Dispensing Opticians statutes. Read More » 1 2 3 Online E-Licensing Services Are Here The State is actively working to modernize the ways we serve the citizens and taxpayers of Arizona... Read More » 1 2 3 Login Read more about Login CONTINUING EDUCATION Read more about CONTINUING EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT/OPTICIAN RENEWAL NOTICES Read more about ESTABLISHMENT/OPTICIAN RENEWAL NOTICES Dispensing Optician License Applications Read more about Dispensing Optician License Applications Legislative Update ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Governor’s Regulation Rollback initiative to do away with or improve 500 rules and regulations by the end of the calendar year is in full swing. The governor's office would like the community and stakeholders input on all regulations and rules currently used by this Board. Regulation Rollback.pdf Read more about Legislative Update Mission Statement The mission of the Arizona State Board of Dispensing Opticians is to ensure that the consumers of the State of Arizona are afforded quality optical services. To this end, the Board regulates the opticianry profession through administering examinations, issuing licenses to qualified opticians and optical establishments, proposing legislation, enacting rules and regulations and investigating complaints brought to the Board against licensed opticians and optical establishments. Budget FY21 Read more about Mission Statement Mission Statement The mission of the Arizona State Board of Dispensing Opticians is to ensure that the consumers of the State of Arizona are afforded quality optical services. To this end, the Board regulates the opticianry profession through administering examinations, issuing licenses to qualified opticians and optical establishments, proposing legislation, enacting rules and regulations and investigating complaints brought to the Board against licensed opticians and optical establishments. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Laws 2016, Chapter 115, requires each state agency to post their budget request on the agency’s website. FY 19 Budget Request is available for viewing below. Budget FY21 Legislative Update ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Governor’s Regulation Rollback initiative to do away with or improve 500 rules and regulations by the end of the calendar year is in full swing. The governor's office would like the community and stakeholders input on all regulations and rules currently used by this Board. Regulation Rollback.pdf Dispensing Optician License Applications THE BOARD NO LONGER ADMINISTERS THE PRACTICAL EXAMINATION. THE PRACTICAL EXAMINATION IS NOW ADMINISTERED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BODIES. ESTABLISHMENT/OPTICIAN RENEWAL NOTICES All Renewal nortices are now emailed to licensees. Please ensure that your email address is kept current in the elicensing system. CONTINUING EDUCATION Please see the Resources tab for a list of when your continuing education credits are due. 12 credits are due every three year period. Credits must be acquired during that three year period and cannot be carried over. For a course on Rules and Regulations: CONTACT: Jim McClafferty 480-560-4041 -----OR------ AADO 440 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711, 520-327-6215. The board will also accept the course from OpticalTraining.com Instrumentation Reguations and Standards, as well as any state's course on Statutes or Laws. Contact Lucy Dunn 928-778-3937 X 5 for information on the Summer Conference in Prescott -----OR----- AADO on the Fall Conference usually held in October or November at 520-327-6215. Login Resource Links 1740 W Adams Suite 3001 Phoenix, AZ 85007 602-542-8158 Fax: 602-926-8103 email: [email protected] Arizona Association of Dispensing Opticians - AADO 440 N. Alvernon Way, Suite 101 Tucson, AZ 85711 520-327-6215 Fax 520-327-0368 www.aado.info email: [email protected] Yavapai Opticians Association – Northern Arizona AADO 928-778-3937 x 5 Contact: Lucy Dunn Opticians Association of America 441 Carlisle Drive Herndon, Virginia 20170 703-437-8780 800-433-8997 Fax : 703-437-0727 www.oaa.org American Board of Opticianry/National Contact Lens Examiners (ABO-NCLE) 6506 Loisdale Rd., Suite 209 Springfield, VA 22150 703-719-5800 1-800-296-1379 Fax 703-719-9144 www.abo-ncle.org Arizona State Board of Optometry 1740 W. Adams, Suite 3003 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 602-542-3095 X5 Fax: 602-542-3093 https://optometry.az.gov/ Arizona Medical Board 1740 W. Adams, Suite 4000 Pheonix, Arizona 85007 480-551-2700 877-255-2212 www.azmd.gov -- Contact Us Arizona State Board of Dispensing Opticians 1740 W Adams Suite 3001 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Find in Google Maps Phone: 602-542-8158 Fax: 602-926-8103 Footer Utility Sitemap Statewide Policies...