If such a course has been COPE approved, the Board shall accept the course as meeting its continuing education requirements for license renewal excepting Category D as indicated below. COPE course category A (designated as other category for OBO) - clinical Optometry which includes:
COPE Approved Continuing Optometric Education Courses The Oregon Board of Optometry accepts courses related to the maintenance or advancement of professional skills and clinical abilities approved by COPE (Council on Optometric Practitioner Education).
Sessions are $50.00 for 45 minutes by appointment. Welcome to the COPE Program. I am very glad you are here. Many parents are apprehensive about enrolling in this program and some parents are angry that they are court ordered to take a co-parenting program.
The COPE accreditation program is the gold standard in optometric continuing education and is a model for CE accreditation throughout the healthcare industry. Highest Standards in Healthcare.
All COPE Accredited CE is designed to reflect the educational needs of optometrists and is independent from commercial interests. Activities accredited by COPE are attended by optometrists seeking CE credit for license renewal because of the almost universal acceptance of COPE CE by optometric licensing boards.
Council on Optometric Practitioner EducationOptometric continuing education (CE) is the primary method used by optometric regulatory boards to promote the continuing competence of licensed optometrists. The Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) was created by ARBO to accredit continuing education on behalf of optometric licensing boards.
OE TRACKER captures and stores continuing education attendance data for optometrists. The information is retained in the secure ARBO database and can be accessed online by you and your licensing board. OE TRACKER can save you time and reduce your paperwork by tracking all your CE credits electronically.
The cost of the program can be spread out according to the needs of your budget, or paid for all at once.
Welcome to the COPE Program. I am very glad you are here. Many parents are apprehensive about enrolling in this program and some parents are angry that they are court ordered to take a co-parenting program. I want you to know that I understand these feelings and we can deal when them together. My name is Erin Bunnell.
The following section is intended to collect information about your organization's corporate structure. COPE needs to ensure your organization is not a commercial interest (i.e. any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.
1. My organization is exempt from COPE's definition of a commercial interest because it is a:
Any hours of Board approved CE acquired beyond the required 32 hours for renewal may be carried forward into the next renewal period not to exceed sixteen 16 hours.
Licensee may claim one credit hour of continuing education for each day of instruction in a full-time program approved under R4-21-207, or for less than a full-time program on a pro-rata basis. No jurisprudence or practice management courses are accepted that are “state specific” to a state that is not Arizona.
Ocular Disease: TPA 20 hours Class I, remainder Class II. Total hours Non-TPA=15 Class I. Class I credit hours shall be accumulated through participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, courses, mini courses and related facility based in services. Class II credit hours shall be earned through independent study. NOTE:Attendance Slips for Class I continuing education and Activity Lists for Class II continuing education will be subject to annual random audits by the Board of Registration in Optometry documenting the course title, activity, dates of study, content of study and number of hours of Class II continuing education.
Completion of 20 hours for optometry license renewal and 20 hours for optometric legend drug certificate renewal for a total of 40 hours. Of the 20 hours required for the optometry renewal, 2 hours in the areas of medical charting, billing and coding, healthcare compliance or compliance with federal or Indiana state laws or regulations are required. Completion of self-study, correspondence or internet CE is limited to a total of 8 hours of the 40 required for renewal.
1. Other Requirements: * Of the 25-hour requirement a minimum of 12 hours must be in the fields of ocular and general pharmacology, diagnosis and therapeutics, or advanced clinical procedures. These hours must be deemed “Certified” by the Board.
Other Requirements: All CE hours must be registered on the ARBO OE Tracker program *Grand Rounds CE not to exceed 8 hours, 2 hours for 1 hour credit. Medical Colleges in GA – up to 10 hours for Ophthalmologic related courses.
2. Other Requirements: Florida also requires 2 hours in medical errors and 2 hours in Florida laws and rules. *A licensed practitioner may earn two hours in Florida jurisprudence by attending a meeting of the Board for no less than four (4) continuous hours.