PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTACTING US:
Continuing Education will be held at Embassy Suites in Columbia
Check in begins at 7:00 AM, classes begin at 8:00 AM
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Registration for Saturday, May 1st
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Sunday, May 2nd
Continuing Education Meetings Registration is now Closed.
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Registration for Saturday, June 26th
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Sunday, June 27th
Continuing Education Meetings is Still Open.
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Updated March 12th, 2021:
Registration for June 26th and 27th CEs at Embassy Suites in Columbia is still available. May 1st and 2nd CEs are full and registration for May is now closed. Apprentice CEs are still available on June 27th.
The CEs offered on May 1st and 2nd are the same five CEs each day. A different set of CEs will be offered on June 26th and 27th (again, the same five CEs each day). If you need ten CEs in total, you'll need to get five in May and five in June.
Please use the Contact Us box on this page to sign up, and specify which day you'd like to attend. If you don't specify which date you wish to attend, you will be added to whichever meeting has the fewest opticians registered at the time. Please note if you are an apprentice when signing up.
Confirmation emails will normally be sent out weekly*
Latest Confirmation email sent 3/26/21 @ 4:30 PM. Next one will be sent 04/02/21
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Notice from the SC Board of Examiners in Opticianry
Due to the current public health emergency, the South Carolina Board of Examiners in Opticianry has approved allowing Board-approved online and/or Board-approved in-person continuing education hours to meet the licensed optician and registered apprentice renewal requirements. This is being allowed for the current renewal cycle/year only. In-person meetings will still be held by the Association for those who wish to attend. Please visit the Board website for additional information:
https://llr.sc.gov/opti/ce.asp...
The criteria for course approval by South Carolina is as follows:
- Courses and speakers must be ABO/NCLE approved.
- ABO/NCLE certificates of attendance must be awarded.
- Opticianry and contact lens courses must be technical in content.
- One course hour of practice or retail management will be approved.
- Course content must be generic in nature and presented in a manner that does not promote the sales or marketing of one product or one service or a business.
- 50 minutes of education equals one hour of credit.
- No law courses from other states will be approved for South Carolina.
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