Minnesota Administrative Rules

6500.0900 REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.

All optometrists licensed in this state are required, as a prerequisite to license renewal, to attend within a two-year period courses totaling at least 40 clock hours of study of educational optometric programs approved by the board under parts 6500.1000 to 6500.1700. The first two-year period shall include the calendar years 2000 and 2001. On becoming ineligible for license renewal for failure to comply with continuing education requirements, an optometrist shall be suspended from further practice. The board shall reinstate any such suspended license upon receipt of satisfactory proof that the suspended licensee has made up the deficient hours of study.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 148.53; 148.57; 148.59; 214.06; 214.12

History:

9 SR 1690; 17 SR 1279; 23 SR 883

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008