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Committee reviews continuing-education rule that keeps retired volunteer optometrists at full renewal standard
Summary
The California State Board of Optometry Practice and Education Committee discussed why retired volunteer–designated optometrists must meet the same continuing-education (CE) requirements as active licensees, examined pathways to the designation, and asked staff to research how other states handle CE for retired volunteers.
The Practice and Education Committee of the California State Board of Optometry discussed whether optometrists holding a retired volunteer designation should be required to meet the same continuing-education (CE) hours as active licensees.
The committee opened the item after Executive Officer Pruden summarized the statutory basis for the designation and the board's current CE requirements. "Because the law requires it," Pruden said, explaining why retired volunteer licensees are subject to the same renewal hours as fully licensed optometrists.
The matter matters to the small subset of licensees who keep a retired volunteer designation but continue to provide unpaid care at health fairs and similar events. Pruden told the committee that of about "approximately…
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