Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Professional Licensing › Board of Optometry › Board of Optometry - General Rules › Part 3 - CONTINUING EDUCATION AND LICENSE RENEWAL › Section R. 338.332 - Adoption of standards and criteria by reference; board approval of continuing education programs

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 32.
(1) The
					 board approves and adopts by reference the standards and criteria of COPE for
					 accreditation of an activity or qualification of a course that are set forth in
					 the publications entitled "Activity Accreditation Manual," revised July 2022,
					 and "Course Qualification Manual," revised July 2022. A copy of the
					 publications may be obtained at no cost from the Association of Regulatory
					 Boards of Optometry's website at
http://www.arbo.org
. Printed copies also are
					 available for inspection and distribution at a cost of 10 cents per page from
					 the Bureau of Professional Licensing, Department of Licensing and Regulatory
					 Affairs, Ottawa Building, 611 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30670, Lansing, Michigan
					 48909.
(2) A continuing education
					 program related to the practice of optometry that has been accredited by COPE
					 is considered approved by the board.
(3) A course or continuing education program
					 related to the practice of optometry offered by a college or university program
					 approved by the board under
					 R 338.321 is considered approved by
					 the board.
(4) A continuing
					 education program related to the practice of optometry that has been approved
					 or sponsored by the AAO, the AOA, or the MOA is considered approved by the
					 board.
(5) A continuing education
					 program related to the practice of optometry that has been approved by another
					 state board of optometry is considered approved by the board.
(6) A continuing education program that is
					 not approved by the board under subrules (1) to (5) of this rule, or as
					 provided in R 338.333, may apply for board
					 approval by submitting an application to the department. The application must
					 be received not less than 90 calendar days before the program presentation. An
					 application received less than 90 days before the program presentation will be
					 denied as untimely.
(7) An
					 application for approval of a continuing education program must include all the
					 following:
(a) The sponsor's name.
(b) The sponsor's address.
(c) The program name.
(d) The date of the next scheduled
					 program.
(e) The program
					 location.
(f) The program outline,
					 including all of the following:
(i) An
					 explanation of how the program is designed to further educate the licensee
					 through acquisition and application of knowledge, that results in improved
					 patient outcomes.
(ii) The topics
					 and the name of the speaker of each topic.
(iii) The times of the specific topics and
					 breaks included in the program.
(g) The résumé of each speaker
					 or instructor for the program.
(h)
					 A description of the delivery method, or methods to be used, and the techniques
					 that will be employed to ensure active participation.
(i) A brief description of the sponsoring
					 organization.
(j) The name, title,
					 and address of the program director and a description of his or her
					 qualifications to direct the program.
(k) A description of how participants will be
					 notified that continuing education credit has been earned.
(l) A description of the physical facilities
					 or laboratory available to ensure a proper learning environment.
(m) A description of how attendance is
					 monitored and the name of the individual monitoring attendance.
(n) The number of hours of course instruction
					 including all of the following:
(i) The
					 number of hours related to clinical optometry, which may include any of the
					 following COPE categories:
(A) Contact lenses
					 (CL).
(B) Functional
					 vision/pediatrics (FV).
(C) General
					 optometry (GO).
(D) Low
					 vision/vision impairment & rehabilitation (LV).
(E) Public health (PB).
(ii) The number of hours related to practice
					 management, which may include the following COPE categories:
(A) Practice management (PM).
(B) Ethics/jurisprudence (EJ).
(iii) The number of hours related
					 to pharmaceutical management, which may include any of the following COPE
					 categories:
(A) Glaucoma (GL).
(B) Injection skills (IS).
(C) Laser procedures (LP).
(D) Peri-operative management of ophthalmic
					 surgery (PO).
(E) Surgery
					 procedures (Optometric) (SP).
(F)
					 Treatment and management of ocular disease (TD).
(G) Neuro-optometry (NO).
(H) Pharmacology (PH).
(I) Systemic diseases (SD).
(iv) The number of hours related
					 to pain management, which may include any of the following COPE categories:
(A) Pharmacology (PH).
(B) Treatment and management of ocular
					 disease (TD).
(C) Functional
					 vision/pediatrics (FV).