Or. Admin. R. 852-070-0010 - Requirement of Continuing Optometric Education
The Oregon Board of Optometry is committed to ensuring the continuing education of its licensees for the protection, safety and wellbeing of the public. Continuing education is required to maintain and advance the professional skills and abilities of licensees and to educate optometric physicians in the application and use of new techniques, scientific and clinical advances and the achievements of research to ensure expansive and comprehensive care to the public.
(1)
Every active status licensed optometric physician must complete at least 18
hours of clinical optometric courses each license year as a condition of
license renewal. Continuing education hours cover 12-month periods and must be
reported with license renewal applications. Upon written request, the licensee
may carry forward approved excess CE hours completed in the prior license year
to the current license year.
(2) Of
the required 18 hours, at least nine hours each license year must be in the
area of diagnosis, treatment and management of ocular disease (TMOD). The
licensee must be the first or second author of the article or paper and the
paper must have been published in the CE reporting period.
(3) Optometric physicians must complete one
hour of approved credit for an optometric ethics or Oregon law course every
other license year, regardless of credits carried forward under (1) of this
section. Licensees may receive one hour of optometric ethics/Oregon law credit
per year for verified attendance of at least one hour at an official meeting of
the Oregon Board of Optometry. One hour of law/ethics credit is granted for
passing the Oregon law exam.
(4)
One hour of Board approved, COPE approved or Oregon Health Authority approved
cultural competency continuing education may be used toward satisfying the
required number of non-TMOD hours each license year. All licensees must
complete at least 1 hour of cultural competency education for every other
license renewal.
(5) Credit will be
given for no more than five hours of clinical or surgical observation per
license year. No credit will be granted for observation in the licensee's
primary practice or in any practice locations affiliated with the
licensee.
(6) The required hours of
continuing education used to meet the CE requirement each license year must be
of different course content. When the Board determines that a licensee has
submitted a course or lecture essentially identical to another presentation
submitted for credit in the same license renewal period, credit will be given
for only one.
(7) Credit will be
given for no more than 2 hours for each publication of a qualifying article or
paper.
(8) New Licensees are
required to complete the Oregon Pain Management 1 hour training offered by the
Oregon Health Authority and report at their first license renewal. Existing
licensees must complete at least 1 hour of pain management education every
other license renewal, regardless of credits carried forward under (1) of this
section. Existing licensees may complete the Oregon Pain Management 1 hour
training offered by the Oregon Health Authority or other pain management
courses approved by the Board. The Board will accept COPE approved pain
courses, unless they are in categories EJ or PM.
(9) Of the 18 required hours, licensees can
report up to five hours of in-person, U.S. based CME courses per license
renewal. Acceptable courses must be ACCME accredited, be in AMA PRA Category 1
and be acceptable in the TMOD category per OAR 852-070-0010(2).
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 683 & 182
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 683.140, 683.270, 683.210 & 182.466
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