Alaska Statutes Title 8. Business and Professions § 08.71.160. Dispensing optician's apprentice

(a) A person may be employed by or serve under a licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician as an apprentice for dispensing optician tasks. An apprentice shall register with the department before beginning employment or service as an apprentice, shall be designated as an apprentice in the records of the department, and shall be in training under the regular supervision of a licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician. Notwithstanding AS 08.71.180, a registered apprentice may perform dispensing optician tasks that are delegated by and performed under the regular supervision of the licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician and may use the title “dispensing optician apprentice.”

(b) No more than two apprentices may be under the direct supervision of one licensed dispensing optician at the same time.