- (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 17-89-308, each licensed, registered, or apprenticed optician registered under the provisions of the Ophthalmic Dispensing Act, Arkansas Code § 17-89-101 et seq., applying for the renewal of his or her license, shall furnish to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians satisfactory evidence that he or she successfully completed four (4) hours in even numbered years and five (5) hours, including one (1) hour of jurisprudence, in odd numbered years of continuing education hours approved by either the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians or the American Board of Opticianry in the year preceding the expiration date of the license being renewed pursuant to Arkansas Code § 17-89-307.
- (b) In order to obtain credit for hours that are received, a licensed, registered, or apprenticed optician must submit all evidence establishing the approved hours completed to the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians on or before ninety (90) days after the completion of the hours.
- (c) Continuing education hours shall be obtained in person with the presenter.
- (d) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians will not accept continuing education hours obtained by correspondence.
- (e) Continuing education hours through any form of live media broadcast must receive prior approval by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians.
- (f) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall recognize those schools that are accredited by an organization recognized by the United States Department of Education or by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation.