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(A) Each spectacle dispensing optician shall have completed four hours of board approved spectacle continuing education credit during the last preceding year, of which only one management hour may be used.
(B) Each contact lens dispensing optician shall have completed eight hours of board approved contact lens continuing education credit during the last preceding year, of which only two management hours may be used.
(C) Each spectacle-contact lens dispensing optician shall have completed four spectacle and eight contact lens hours of board approved continuing education credit during the last preceding year, of which only three management hours may be used.
(D) Each ocularist shall have completed four hours of board approved continuing education credit, during the last preceding year. One hour shall be on communicable diseases as they apply to the handling of ocular prostheses, only one hour per year may be management credit, and all other credit hours must pertain to the fitting and fabrication of ocular prostheses.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/07/2005 and 11/07/2010
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4725.44
Rule Amplifies: 4725.51
Prior Effective Dates: 11/29/79, 11/10/94, 4/10/01
(A) No seminar will be approved for continuing education credit unless the board is provided with an outline of the program content, the names and background information of speaker(s), and the schedule of the seminar. All information shall be submitted not less than sixty days prior to the date of the proposed program. The board may approve seminars submitted less than sixty days if accompanied by a letter explaining the reason for not meeting the deadline.
(B) Programs shall relate to the practice of opticianry, or ocularistry, as applicable. Courses relating to practice management, office procedure, social legislation, and all courses not directly relating to optical dispensing or ocularistry will be considered for management credit.
(C) Speakers, lecturers and others participating in the presentation of the programs shall be recognized as possessing requisite qualifications and being expert and of recognized repute in their area of instruction.
(D) Programs shall be available to any Ohio licensed dispensing optician, and/or licensed ocularist.
(E) The board shall not approve continuing education credit for any of the following:
(1) The seminar content includes the promotion of commercial products or services for the practice of opticianry or ocularistry;
(2) The seminar is open only to employees, associates, or owners of the sponsoring entity, and is not open to all opticians and apprentices.
(3) The subject content of the courses is not pertinent to the study of opticianry, or ocularistry, as determined by the board on a case by case basis.
(F) Credit will be allowed on the basis of an academic hour, as that term is defined in paragraph (N) of rule 4726-3-06 of the Administrative Code. To receive an hour credit, one must attend one full academic hour. There will be no fractional hour credits.
(G) Within thirty days after the date of the approved seminar, the seminar sponsor shall submit to the board a master list of the attendees.
Effective: 01/23/2006
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/07/2005 and 01/11/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4725.44
Rule Amplifies: 4725.51
Prior Effective Dates: 11/29/79, 8/4/94(Emer), 11/2/94, 11/20/94, 10/4/02
Persons who cannot meet the continuing education requirements within ninety days from the date their licenses expire because of hardship, illness, or service in the armed forces, may apply to the board for either an extension of the deadline or a waiver of the requirement. Such applicant shall indicate the reasons for the request. The board shall grant or refuse the request on a case by case basis.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/07/2005 and 11/07/2010
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4725.44
Rule Amplifies: 4725.51
Prior Effective Dates: 11/29/79, 8/4/94(Emer), 10/14/94
Each licensee is excused from the requirements of continuing education credit for the calendar year in which they obtain a license from this board.
Effective: 01/23/2006
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/07/2005 and 01/11/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4725.44
Rule Amplifies: 4725.51
Prior Effective Dates: 11/29/79, 8/4/94(Emer.), 10/14/94, 4/10/01