OAR 852-070-0030. CE Requirements for Applicants and First-Time Renewals

(1) Applicants must meet the requirements for continuing education for initial licensure based on when they graduated from optometry school: (a) Applicants who submit completed applications and are licensed less than one year after graduation from optometry school are not required to submit continuing education for initial licensure. At first renewal, licensees who graduated less than one year are only required to meet the pain management and cultural competency continuing education requirements per OAR 852-070-0010 (4) & (8). (b) Applicants receiving initial licensure one year or more after graduation from optometry school must submit required continuing education to receive initial licensure. (2) All active status licensees must submit continuing education for their first license renewal that falls one year or more after graduation from optometry school.