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2026 Annual Business Meeting

The SCAO’s Annual Business Meeting will be held at: Hilton Garden Inn Columbia Downtown, 1200 Pickens Street, Columbia, SC 29201 on Saturday, July 25th, at 4:00 PM. All Board positions are open for election. 

The deadline to write-in your intent to run is due by 11:59PM June 10th!
 
This term, if the bylaw revisions the board has approved pass, we will be adding a Legislative Lead to the board and a Second Vice President position as well increasing the term of the Area Representatives from 1 year to 2 year terms.
Pending that vote at the annual business meeting the list of the open positions is as follows:
 
Area Representatives and board members:
Charleston
Columbia
Florence
Greenville
Myrtle Beach
Rockhill
Legislative Lead
 
Executive Board:
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
 
Please reach out to your area reps and board members for any questions or refer to the bylaws:
Any intent to run should be emailed to Grant Brown, President, Joseph Venzie, VP, and Leslie Gier, Acting Secretary.

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Continuing Education Requirements

The following information is copied directly from the SC Board of Examiners in Opticianry: The South Carolina Board of Examiners in Opticianry has recently issued a clarification regarding the continuing education requirements. Per S.C. Code of Law 40-38-260(B) “An optician or apprentice annually shall attend a minimum of four hours of continuing education courses or…

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2025 Annual Business Meeting

The SCAO’s Annual Business Meeting will be held August 3rd, 2025 In-Person at the DoubleTree Hotel, 2100 Bush River Road, Columbia, South Carolina, 29210, a half hour after the Continuing Education meeting concludes.  All Area Rep positions are up for re-election.