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 180 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 202. 1924. c) The form and power of lenses_ used in optometry. _ ld) A corrgct melthodof measuring hypermetropia, myop1a, astigmatism an res 0 ia. _ Se) The; writiiig of, fgrmulas or prescriptions for the adaptation °fA${‘S°Si““idi.fi.isi°“‘ · 1 t 1. ni ii ·t ci · t- .1 S¤•e<i~¤¤ ¤¤¤¤*¤=· erson w o as previousy a en e mi e examma ion an um `td°m°d` receiged) certificate of the same as herein provided may also, _1f he so desires, take the standard examination at anKSt1me,_any provisions rmon. _ in section 11 hereof to the contrary notwit tand1ng: Proculed, q,f,,‘*,‘,§‘§,§'g,,,,‘}f‘° ° d“' however, That failure to pass the standard examination after having ualified under the limited examination as in this paragraph set forth shall not disqualify him as a lawful practitioner. .S*¤¤d¤*d °*·¤¤*¤°‘ Sec. 11. That any person over the age of twen§y—one years, of °°b°lis1m¢•u¤¤» or od moral character, who has had a preliminary e ucation eqmva- ‘“’*’“°°“"* iiit to a two years’ couise in a iirst·grade high—school (which shall be determined either b examination or by certificate acceptable to the board as to work clbne in such approved institution), and who is a graduate of a school of optometry in good standing (as determined by the board and which maintains a course in optometry of not less than one thousand hours), shall be entitled to take the ,1. em M_ ptegtndard examination. Such standard examination shall consist of · s ina) Practical optics. b) Theoretic optometry. c) Anatomy and physiology and such pathology as may be ap lied to optometry. - Fd) Practical optometry. (e) Theoretic and physiologic optics. ,S¤gw1¤¤¤¢ dx Sec. 12. That the board, with the approval of the Commissioners Za; ifmamta. of the District of Columbia, is authorized and empowered to alter, amend, and otherwise change the educational standards at any time, but in altering, amending, or changing said standards the board shall not be permitted to ower the same below the standards herein set forth. ` m£_*;,¤¤¤¤¤¢i<>¤¤ =¤ M Sec. 13. That every person desiring to be licensed as in this Act séqummeas. provided shall file with the secretar{—treasurer of the board upon appropriate blank to be furnished y said secretary-treasurer an application accompanied by the recommendation of two re utable citizens, verified by oath, setting forth the facts which entitlled the Second mmmmu applicant to examination and license under the provisions of this axwwei tm umm at Act. The said board shall hold at least two examinations each year. °”°‘ In case of failure at any standard examination the applicant, after the expiration of six months and within two years, shall have the privilege of taking a second examination by the board without the payment of an additional fee. In case of failure at the limited examination herembefore provided for the applicant shall, after the expiration of six months and within two years, have the privile e of taking a second examination without the payment of an addi- _ tional fee. _ ggljmaj tguggatigg Ielvery applicant who shall pass the standard examination or the mmiuaann, em. limited examination, as the case may be, and who shall otherwise comply with_the provisions of this Act, shall receive from the said board_under its seal a hcense entitling him to ractice optometry in the District of Columbia, which license shall be duly registered in a record book to be properly kept by the secretary-treasurer of the board for that pugiose which shall be open to public inspection; regggggegnwgégzg and a duly certifi copy of said record shall be recorded in the clerk at District iu. clerk’s office of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, ¤'°m° °°“"· and shall be admitted as prima facie evidence in all courts of the District of Columbia in the trial of any cause, and it shall be the