Continuing Education
May 1st & 2nd Continuing Education Meetings Registration Closing soon
Registration for June 26 & 27 Continuing Education Meetings Now Open
Updated February 26th, 2021:
Registration for June 26th and 27th CEs at Embassy Suites in Columbia is now open. May 1st and 2nd CEs are almost full and registration for apprentices in May is now closed.
Apprentice CEs will be held on Sundays, May 2nd and June 27th. Please note that you are an apprentice when signing up.
Please use the Contact Us box on this page to sign up, and specify which day you'd like to attend.
Confirmation emails will be sent out weekly*
Latest Confirmation email sent 2/26/21 @ 3:30 PM. Next one will be sent 03/05/21
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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.aspx
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.