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Washington

Dept. of Health
P.O. Box 47870
Olympia, WA 98504-7870
Tel: (360) 236-4947
Fax: (360) 586-0745

CE Requirement TPA NON-TPA

CORRESPONDENCE, INTERNET Up to 25 Up to 25

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Up to 10 Up to 10

Total Required Hours: 50 50

Timeframe (in years) for CE Requirements: 2 2

*NOTE: Credit for preprogrammed educational materials. The board may grant a licensee continuing education credit for viewing and participating in board-approved formal preprogrammed optometric educational materials. The preprogrammed materials must be approved by the Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE), or offered by a board-approved school or college of optometry or other entity or organization approved by the board for credit under this section; and must require successful completion of an examination for certification. The preprogrammed educational materials include, but are not limited to: Correspondence courses offered through magazines or other sources; Cassettes; Videotapes; CD-ROM; Internet.

The board may grant a licensee up to twenty-five credit hours under this subsection if the combined total for all types of self-study CE does not exceed twenty-five hours in any two-year reporting period.

Continuing education credit will be granted for certified training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). No more than ten credit hours will be granted under this section to any licensee in any two-year reporting period.

Source: ARBO - ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY BOARDS OF OPTOMETRY
Statutes: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-851&full=true

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