§ 54.1-3219. Continuing education
As a prerequisite to renewal of a license or reinstatement of a license, each optometrist shall be required to take annual courses relating to optometry as approved by the Board. The courses may include, but need not be limited to, the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and clinical advances and new achievements of research. The Board shall prescribe criteria for approval of courses of study and credit hour requirements. However, the required number of credit hours shall not exceed sixteen in any one calendar year. The Board may approve alternative courses upon timely application of any licensee. Fulfillment of education requirements shall be certified to the Board upon a form provided by the Board and shall be submitted by each licensed optometrist at the time he applies to the Board for the renewal of his license. The Board may waive individual requirements in cases of certified illness or undue hardship.
(1976, c. 32, § 54-394.1; 1988, c. 765.)
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