# KRS § 320.280: 320.280 Renewal certificates -- Administrative regulations > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.280 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 320.280 - **Heading:** 320.280 Renewal certificates -- Administrative regulations - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.280 ## Text 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. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 320.200 320.200 Declaration of legislative policy concerning practice of optometry](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.200.md) - [KRS § 320.210 320.210 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.210.md) - [KRS § 320.220 320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.220.md) - [KRS § 320.230 320.230 Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Compensation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.230.md) - [KRS § 320.240 320.240 Board's meetings, officers, powers, and duties -- Licensure and classification of optometrists -- Board to have sole authority over practice of optometry -- Authorization to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents and certain oral medications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.240.md) - [KRS § 320.242 320.242 Immunity from liability of board members and employees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.242.md) - [KRS § 320.250 320.250 Eligibility for license -- Examinations -- Applications for license](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.250.md) - [KRS § 320.260 320.260 Holder of existing license exempt from examination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.260.md) - [KRS § 320.270 320.270 Licensing by endorsement of persons from other states](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.270.md) - [KRS § 320.280 320.280 Renewal certificates -- Administrative regulations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.280.md) - [KRS § 320.290 320.290 Display of licenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.290.md) - [KRS § 320.295 320.295 Prohibition against false, misleading, or deceptive advertising](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.295.md) - [KRS § 320.300 320.300 Unlawful practices](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.300.md) - [KRS § 320.310 320.310 Causes for refusal, limitation, revocation, or suspension of licenses -- Restitution or fines -- Branch offices -- Expungement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.310.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C320_S320.280. 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