Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
218A.202,
218A.205(3)(h),
320.280
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
320.280(2) requires all
licensed optometrists to annually take courses of study in subjects relating to
the practice of optometry.
KRS
218A.205(3)(h) requires
optometrists to obtain seven and one-half (7.5) percent of their continuing
education credits in the use of the electronic monitoring system established
pursuant to
KRS
218A.202, pain management, or addiction
disorders. This administrative regulation establishes the required hours of
study and prescribes the approved programs and those records that shall be
maintained and submitted showing proof of attendance at those programs.
Section 1.
(1) The annual course of study shall be
completed each calendar year.
(2)
(a) A licensee shall attend a minimum of
eight (8) continuing education credit hours.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
paragraph (a) of this subsection, an optometrist who is authorized to prescribe
therapeutic agents shall attend a minimum of seven (7) credit hours in ocular
therapy and pharmacology, for a total of at least fifteen (15) continuing
education credits.
(c) In addition
to the requirements of paragraph (a) and (b) of this subsection, an optometrist
who is credentialed by the board to perform expanded therapeutic procedures
shall attend a minimum of five (5) additional credit hours in expanded
therapeutic procedures, for a total of at least twenty (20) continuing
education credits.
(d) A licensee
who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances shall obtain two (2)
credit hours that relate to the use of the electronic monitoring system
established in accordance with
KRS
218A.202 known as Kentucky All Schedule
Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER), pain management, or addiction
disorders as part of the licensee's total continuing education
credits.
Section
2. In order to be approved, an educational course shall be
sponsored by a recognized not for profit state, regional (multistate), or
national optometric association, an accredited college of optometry, or an
accredited college of medicine.
Section
3.
(1) In order to be credited
for an educational course, a licensee shall submit an attendance form to the
board.
(2) The attendance form
shall be submitted on or before December 31 of each calendar year.
Section 4. A sponsor of an
approved educational course shall furnish an attendance form to a licensee. The
attendance form shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of the sponsoring
organization;
(2) Name and address
of the licensee;
(3) Educational
topics addressed at the course;
(4)
Identity of the speakers;
(5)
Number of hours attended by the licensee;
(6) Date of the program;
(7) Statement by the licensee that he or she
has attended the course; and
(8)
Signature of an official of the sponsoring organization.
Section 5. Credit shall not be given for more
than two (2) hours attendance in a course of office management and
administration.
Section 6.
(1) Except as established in subsection (2)
of this section, credit may be granted for a maximum of five (5) hours
continuing education through the Internet.
(2) The credit hours required by Section
1(2)(c) of this administrative regulation shall not be obtained through the
Internet.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
218A.205(3)(h),
320.240(7),
320.280(2)
