320.280 Renewal certificates -- Administrative regulations

320.280 Renewal certificates -- Administrative regulations.

(1) All optometrists desiring to continue practice shall annually, prior to March 1,

secure from the secretary-treasurer of the board a renewal certificate upon the

payment of a fee which shall be established by administrative regulation

promulgated by the board. Not later than February 15 of each year, the board

shall notify by mail all optometrists of the renewal date and fee. Application for

a renewal shall be upon a form prescribed by the board and the optometrist

shall furnish the information required by the form.

(2) As a prerequisite for license renewal, all optometrists now or hereafter licensed

in the Commonwealth of Kentucky are and shall be required to take annual

courses of study in subjects relating to the practice of optometry to the end that

the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and clinical

advances, and the achievement of research will assure expansive and

comprehensive care to the public. The length and content of study shall be

prescribed by the board but shall not exceed eight (8) hours in any calendar

year, with the exception of those optometrists who are authorized to prescribe

therapeutic agents who shall be required to have additional credit hours of

continuing education in ocular therapy and pharmacology, the amount of

required credit hours to be determined by the board, but not to exceed an

additional seventeen (17) credit hours, for a total not to exceed twenty-five (25)

credit hours per year. Attendance shall be at a course or by a sponsor

approved by the board. Attendance at any course or courses of study is to be

certified to the board upon a form provided by the board and shall be submitted

by each licensed optometrist at the time he makes application to the board for

the renewal of his license and payment of his renewal fee. The board may

waive the continuing education requirement in cases of illness or undue

hardship.

(3) Failure of any optometrist to secure his renewal certificate within sixty (60)

days after March 1, shall constitute sufficient cause for the board to revoke his

license.