Licenses shall be issued without examination on application and upon payment of the required fee to an applicant who is an optician currently licensed in another state, territory, country, or province provided the requirements for the regulation or licensing of opticians in the other state, territory, country, or province are substantially equal to the requirements in force in this State. (Added 1973, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1975, No. 111, § 3; 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 62; 1993, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)