Continuing educational requirements

1. The continuing educational requirements in effect through December 31, 2021, are as follows: every licensee shall have attended, during the three-year period preceding the date of renewal, fifty classroom hours of optometric educational programs required by North Dakota Century Code section 43-13-20, hereinafter called educational requirements. 2. The continuing educational requirements that take effect on January 1, 2022, are as follows: a. Licensees shall submit a renewal application form in December of every year. When renewing a license in odd-numbered years the board shall confirm the licensee attended, during the two-year period preceding the date of renewal, no less than forty hours of optometric educational programs required by North Dakota Century Code section 43-13- 20, hereinafter called educational requirements. b. Licensees whose initial license was issued by the board during an odd-numbered year need not submit proof of continuing education when renewing the license in December of that first year of licensure. c. Licensees whose initial license was issued by the board during an even-numbered year shall submit proof of completing twenty hours of continuing education when renewing the license in December of the subsequent odd-numbered year.