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

Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 20, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 12, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 2000 Ky

Acts ch. 361, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 443, sec. 11, effective June 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 313, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky

Acts ch. 37, sec. 1. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 1. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 9