Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Board shall grant credit only for
continuing professional optometric education courses or programs that are at least one instructional hour
long. For purposes of this subchapter, an "instructional hour" represents a 60-minute clock hour with no less
than 50 minutes of educational content within the hour. Courses or programs may include one 10-minute break
for each instructional hour. Successful completion of an entire course segment of instruction is required in
order to receive any continuing professional optometric education credit for that segment.
(b) The Board shall grant a licensee continuing professional optometric
education for each biennial period as follows:
1. Attendance at continuing
professional optometric education courses or programs: one credit for each hour of attendance;
2. Coursework in a post-graduate educational program related to the
profession of optometry: three credits for each course credit awarded;
3. Authoring an educational or scientific article authored and published in
a professional refereed journal within the preceding biennial period: three credits per article;
4. Successful completion of videotape, audiotape, computer media, Internet,
journal, and correspondence courses or programs: a maximum of two credits per course;
5. Structured grand rounds and hands-on demonstrations of instrumentation:
one-half credit for each hour of attendance;
6. Interactive
workshops: one credit for each hour of attendance;
7. Preparation
and presentation of a continuing professional optometric education lecture course or program: two credits for
each hour of a new presentation up to a maximum of twelve credits. For purposes of this paragraph, "new"
represents a course or program that the licensee has not taught previously in any educational setting. One
credit for each hour of a presentation shall be given for subsequent sessions involving substantially
identical subject matter up to a maximum of 12 credits, provided the original material has been updated and
subject to the credit limits of 13:38-7.4(d); and
8. A residency or a fellowship, as defined in
13:38-7.4(b)3: 25 credits, of which 12.5 shall
be TPA credits, upon completing each residency or fellowship.
