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STATE LICENSING: Most state boards allow internet/correspondence CE courses for at least a portion of the total education hours required. Since each state has its own CE requirements for license renewal, please check directly with your state regulatory board of optometry to determine its policy for on-line education. The most recent data is listed below (maximum limits for online/correspondence courses are noted):

Status of Online CE Acceptance (by State/Province)

Boards of Optometry

Status of Online CE acceptance by US boards of optometry (as provided on the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry) and the various board websites. Click on the state/province name to learn more information.
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho	Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana	Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island	South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Status of Online CE acceptance by Canadian boards of optometry based on the various board websites.
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick	Newfoundland Northwest Territory Nova Scotia	Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island	Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory
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