Definitions

As used in 235 CMR 3.00, the following definitions shall apply: Board - means the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Dispensing Opticians, established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 13, § 48. Contact Hour - means a unit of not less than 50 consecutive minutes of organized learning experience in an approved continuing education course, program, seminar, workshop or other approved continuing education activity. Continuing Education Activities - means any course, program, seminar, workshop or other educational activity which provides information or knowledge which contributes directly to the professional competence of dispensing opticians and which meets the requirements of 235 CMR 3.04.