852 IAC 1-16-1.1 Continuing education requirements for renewal of optometric legend drug certificate

Sec. 1.1. (a) Twenty (20) hours of continuing education are 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 an even-numbered year and March 31 of the following odd-numbered year is required to obtain ten (10) hours of continuing education for the initial renewal of the certificate. An optometrist initially certified between April 1 of an odd-numbered year and March 31 of the following even-numbered year is not required to obtain continuing education for the initial renewal of the certificate. (d) Continuing education credit units or clock hours: (1) must be obtained within the biennial renewal period; and (2) may not be carried over from one (1) licensure period to another. A course is eligible for credit only once in a renewal cycle regardless of the number of times it is attended. (e) Continuing education hours that are counted toward the renewal of a an optometry license issued under IC 25-24-1-3 may not be counted toward the renewal of an optometric legend drug certificate.