letter from an organization official
verifying the licensee’s participation in at
least 50% of the regularly scheduled
meetings of the committee, board,
council, or association.
(j)
Taking and passing any nationally Every 2 years, 12 hours of continuing
recognized
examination in optometry.
advanced
competency education in pharmacology management or
clinical optometry are earned.
History: 2019 AACS; 2021 MR 23, Eff. Dec. 16, 2021.
R 338.321 License renewal; continuing education, requirements, limitations.
Rule 21. (1) An applicant for license renewal shall satisfy the requirements of the
Public Health Code General Rules, R 338.7001 to R 338.7005, and shall accumulate not
less than 40 continuing education hours approved by the board pursuant to R 338.319 or
R 338.320 during the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application for renewal.
(2) An applicant for license renewal who holds certification to administer topical ocular
diagnostic pharmaceutical agents or certification to administer and prescribe therapeutic
pharmaceutical agents, or both, shall do both of the following:
(a) Accumulate not less than 20 hours of board-approved continuing education in
pharmacological management of ocular conditions. The 20 required hours are part of,
and not in addition to, the 40 hours required in subrule (1) of this rule. A continuing
education program that falls within the COPE categories listed in R 338.319(4)(n)(iii)(A)
to (M) meets the requirements of this subdivision.
(b) Hold a valid CPR certificate issued by any of the following:
(i) The Red Cross.
(ii) The American Heart Association.
(iii) An accredited hospital.
(iv) An organization or institution comparable to those identified in paragraphs (i) to
(iii) of this paragraph.
(3) An applicant for license renewal shall accumulate not less than 2 hours of board
approved continuing education in pain and symptom management related to the practice
of optometry. A continuing education program that falls within the COPE categories
listed in R 338.319(4)(n)(iv)(A) to (E) meets the requirements of this subrule. Continuing
education hours in pain and symptom management, as they relate to the practice of
optometry, may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Ethics and health policy related to pain.
(b) Pain definitions.
(c) Basic sciences related to pain, including pharmacology, psychology, sociology, and
anthropology.
(d) Clinical sciences related to pain, including specific pain conditions and pain in
special contexts and settings.
(e) Clinician-patient communications related to pain.
(f) Management of pain, including evaluation and treatment; non-pharmacological and
pharmacological management.
(g) Ensuring quality pain care.