Indiana Administrative Code
Title 852 - INDIANA OPTOMETRY BOARD
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 16 - Continuing Education for Renewal of License
Section 16-1.1 - Continuing education requirements for renewal of an optometric legend drug certificate
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 25-24-1-1
Affected: IC 25-24-1-3; IC 25-24-1-14
Sec. 1.1.
(a) Twenty (20) hours of continuing education is required for renewal of an optometric legend drug certificate.
(b) Programs that have not been approved under this article will not be accepted as credit for renewal of the certificate.
(c) An optometrist initially certified between April 1 of even-numbered years and March 31 of the following odd-numbered year shall be required to obtain ten (10) hours of continuing education for the initial renewal of the certificate. An optometrist initially certified between April 1 of odd-numbered years and March 31 of the following even-numbered year shall not be required to obtain continuing education for the initial renewal of the certificate.
(d) Continuing education credit units or clock hours:
A course is eligible for credit only once in a renewal cycle regardless of the number of times it is attended.
(e) Any continuing education hours that are counted towards the renewal of a licensee's optometry license issued under IC 25-24-1-3 may not be counted towards the renewal of the licensee's optometric legend drug certificate.